May 1988
Volume 29, Issue 5
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Autoantibody induced by experimental Onchocerca infection. Effect of different routes of administration of microfilariae and of treatment with diethylcarbamazine citrate and ivermectin.
Author Affiliations
  • J J Donnelly
    Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
  • M S Xi
    Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
  • J P Haldar
    Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
  • D E Hill
    Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
  • J B Lok
    Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
  • M Khatami
    Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
  • J H Rockey
    Department of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 1988, Vol.29, 827-831. doi:
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      J J Donnelly, M S Xi, J P Haldar, D E Hill, J B Lok, M Khatami, J H Rockey; Autoantibody induced by experimental Onchocerca infection. Effect of different routes of administration of microfilariae and of treatment with diethylcarbamazine citrate and ivermectin.. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 1988;29(5):827-831.

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Abstract

Hartley guinea pigs were injected with microfilariae (Mf) of Onchocerca lienalis as a model for acute inflammatory responses to Mf in human Onchocerca volvulus infection. IgG autoantibody reactive with a 3 M KCl extract of guinea pig cornea was detected by ELISA in the serum of guinea pigs injected with O. lienalis Mf three or more times sub-conjunctivally, or two or more times subcutaneously. Administration of the microfilaricides diethylcarbamazine citrate and ivermectin did not alter the proportion of animals expressing autoantibody or the mean autoantibody titer. The severity of acute corneal inflammatory reactions to Mf was similar in animals with and without circulating autoantibody. Although autoantibody responses did not correlate with acute corneal inflammatory reactions to dead Mf, the ability of Mf to induce formation of an antibody reactive with a component of autologous cornea suggests that autoimmune mechanisms might participate in chronic onchocercal lesions in the cornea, eg, sclerosing keratitis.

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