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We have examined the ability of a mixture of two anti-CD4 mAbs to protect against collagen-induced arthritis. Anti-CD4 mAbs, administered around the time of primary immunisation with type II collagen in adjuvant, reduced the subsequent incidence of arthritis from 67 to 16% (P < 0.01 by Fisher exact test). However, anti-CD4 treatment 3 weeks after the primary immunisation did not significantly affect the incidence of arthritis. This result extends earlier findings concerning the lack of efficacy of anti-CD4 treatment in established collagen-induced arthritis. Next, the ability of anti-CD4 treatment to induce tolerance to bovine type II collagen (and hence protect against arthritis) was evaluated using a regime known to be capable of inducing tolerance to human gamma-globulin. Anti-CD4 treatment completely failed to induce tolerance to type II collagen, as judged by levels of anti-collagen antibody, or protect against collagen-induced arthritis. These findings highlight the potential limitations of anti-CD4 mAb depleting treatment in immunotherapy.

Original publication

DOI

10.1006/cimm.1996.0163

Type

Journal article

Journal

Cell Immunol

Publication Date

15/06/1996

Volume

170

Pages

291 - 295

Keywords

Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Arthritis, Experimental, CD4 Antigens, Cattle, Collagen, Humans, Immune Tolerance, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Joints, Mice, Mice, Inbred DBA, Rats