Jones K F, Whitehead S S, Cunningham M W, Fischetti V A
SIGA Research Laboratories, Corvallis, Oregon 97333, USA.
Infect Immun. 2000 Dec;68(12):7132-6. doi: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.7132-7136.2000.
Archived sera (collected in 1946) from acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and untreated scarlet fever and/or pharyngitis patients were reacted with streptococcal M protein, cardiac myosin, and cardiac tropomyosin. Except for very low levels to tropomyosin, antibodies to other antigens were not elevated in the sera of ARF patients relative to those of non-ARF patients, even though there was roughly equivalent exposure to group A streptococci. This suggests that antibodies to these molecules may not play a central role in the induction of ARF.
将1946年采集的急性风湿热(ARF)患者以及未经治疗的猩红热和/或咽炎患者的存档血清,与链球菌M蛋白、心肌肌球蛋白和心肌肌钙蛋白进行反应。除了对肌钙蛋白的反应水平非常低外,与非ARF患者相比,ARF患者血清中针对其他抗原的抗体并未升高,尽管两组患者接触A组链球菌的情况大致相同。这表明针对这些分子的抗体可能在ARF的诱发过程中并不起核心作用。