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INFLUENCE OF ORAL LYSOZYME ADMINISTRATION ON SERUM IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND INTESTINAL SECRETORY IgA LEVELS IN INFANTS
Author(s) -
LODINOVÁ R.,
JOUJA V.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1977.tb07976.x
Subject(s) - secretory iga , lysozyme , medicine , secretory component , immunoglobulin a , antibody , immunology , immunoglobulin g , biology , biochemistry
. The influence of lysozyme feeding on the production of serum immunoglobuiins and intestinal secretory IgA was studied in full‐term and premature infants, from birth up to the age six months. Serum immunogiobulins were not influenced by lysozyme administration. An increase in secretory IgA was found in stool filtrates of full‐term Iysozyme‐fed infants; no secretory IgA was detected in controls. In this way lysozyme feeding partly substituted for passive transfer of secretory IgA from maternal milk.