Luciano Polonelli, Concetta Beninati, Giuseppe Teti, Franco Felici, Tecla Ciociola, Laura Giovati, Martina Sperindè, Carla Lo Passo, Ida Pernice, Maria Domina, Milena Arigò, Salvatore Papasergi, Giuseppe Mancuso, Stefania Conti, Walter Magliani
A mouse anti-anti-anti-idiotypic (Id) IgM monoclonal antibody (mAb K20, Ab4), functionally mimicking a Wyckerhamomyces anomalus (Pichia anomala) killer toxin (KT) characterized by fungicidal activity against yeasts presenting specific cell wall receptors (KTR) mainly constituted by β-1,3-glucan, was produced from animals presenting anti-KT Abs (Ab3) following immunization with a rat IgM anti-Id KT-like mAb (mAb K10, Ab2). MAb K10 was produced by immunization with a KT-neutralizing mAb (mAb KT4, Ab1) bearing the internal image of KTR...
2014: PloS One