Pathology & Oncology Research

, Volume 3, Issue 4, pp 296–302

Role of complement and antibodies in the control and facilitation of HIV disease

  • Zoltán ProhÁszka
  • Ferenc D TÓth
  • Dénes BÁnhegyi
  • George FÜst
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DOI: 10.1007/BF02904290

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ProhÁszka, Z., TÓth, F.D., BÁnhegyi, D. et al. Pathol. Oncol. Res. (1997) 3: 296. doi:10.1007/BF02904290
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Abstract

In humans the HIV infection results in a chronic disease with a permanent fight between factors controlling HIV and the escape of the virus. Fromthese control mechanisms the present review summarizes the role betwen complement and autoantibodies; the competition of complement and anti-HIV antibodies for binding sites, the role of mannan-binding lectin in the susceptibility to and in the survival after HIV infection, the contribution of complement-dependent enhancing type antibodies to the clinical progression of HIV disease as well as the changing pattern of some autoantibodies (mimicking MHC class II molecules, anti-heat shock protein 60 antibodies and anti-C1q antibodies) which were found to correlate to immunological and clinical parameters.

Key words

HIV complement gp41 gp120 mannan-binding lectin enhancing antibodies autoantibodies heat-shock protein 60 C1q 

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© W. B. Saunders & Company Ltd 1997

Authors and Affiliations

  • Zoltán ProhÁszka
    • 1
    • 2
  • Ferenc D TÓth
    • 3
  • Dénes BÁnhegyi
    • 4
  • George FÜst
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.3rd Department of Medicine, Research LaboratorySemmelweis Medical University of MedicineBudapestHungary
  2. 2.Research Group for Membrane Biology and ImmunopathologyNational Academy of SciencesBudapest
  3. 3.Institute of MicrobiologyUniversity Medical SchoolDebrecen
  4. 4.Department of ImmunologySt. László HospitalBudapestHungary

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