Enhancement of humoral immune response against human lung elastin peptides

Summary When guinea pigs instead of rabbits were used as the host animals, 8–16 times higher antibody titers against human lung elastin peptides were produced with only 1/20 the amount of antigen per unit body weight. This corresponds to a 200-fold enhancement of the immune response.Presented at the 6th Colloquium of the Federation of European Connective Tissue Clubs, Paris, August 28–30, 1978. The data form part of the Ph.D. thesis submitted by T.V. Darnule to the Department of Biology, New York University. Supported in part by NIH Program Project Grant HL15832 and by a Parker B. Francis Fellowship to T.V. Darnule.     

Detection of factor VIII related antigens in long term cultures of rat endothelial cells

Summary Rat endothelial cells in culture can be distinguished from fibroblasts and epithelial cells by their reaction with antisera against human factor VIII (AHF) associated proteins.The data form part of the Ph.D. thesis submitted by A.T. Darnule to the Department of Biology, New York University. Supported in part by NIH USPHS Program Project grant HL15832.