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The feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a contagious retrovirus of cats that causes leukemia-lymphoma and various neoplastic diseases including immunosuppression and a regenerative anemia (1). We have shown that FeLV infected cats with leukemia are hypocomplementemic (2) and have elevated levels of circulating immune complexes (CICs) (3). More recently, we have treated some FeLV leukemic cats by ex vivo immunoadsorption therapy using Staphylococcus Protein A filters (4) and some by intraperitoneal injections using purified Protein A.
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Liu, W.T., Engelman, R.W., Trang, L.Q., D’Cruz, O.J.M., Good, R.A., Day, N.K. (1986). Studies of Bone Marrow and Sera of Cats Recovering from Leukemia Following Protein A Therapy. In: Szentivanyi, A., Friedman, H. (eds) Viruses, Immunity, and Immunodeficiency. University of South Florida International Biomedical Symposia Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2185-9_32
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