THE RELATIVE ROLES OF C4A AND C4B IN PREVENTION OF IMMUNE PRECIPITATION, SOLUBILIZATION AND IMMUNE ADHERENCE

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作者
HOLME, ER
VEITCH, J
JOHNSTON, A
MCKAY, IC
WHALEY, K
机构
[1] UNIV LEICESTER, LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRM, DEPT IMMUNOL, LEICESTER LE1 5WW, ENGLAND
[2] UNIV GLASGOW, WESTERN INFIRM, DEPT PATHOL, GLASGOW G11 6NT, SCOTLAND
关键词
C4A; C4B; PIP; SOL; IMMUNE ADHERENCE;
D O I
10.1007/BF00302150
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
C4A and C4B levels were measured in serum from 246 normal individuals. Complement-mediated solubilisation, assayed using alkaline phosphatase anti-alkaline phosphatase immune complexes (IC), correlated with both C4A and C4B levels. However, C4A and C4B levels showed no correlation with solubilisation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) ICs, or with the prevention of immune precipitation of BSA or alkaline phosphatase ICs, nor with immune adherence assayed using thyroglobulin and BSA ICs.
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页码:187 / 190
页数:4
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