NATURALLY-OCCURRING SLE ANTI-DNA ANTIBODIES RECOGNIZE UNIQUE CONFORMATION ON DNA-LYSINE PHOTOADDUCT

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ALAM, K [1 ]
ISLAM, N [1 ]
HASAN, R [1 ]
ALI, A [1 ]
ALI, R [1 ]
机构
[1] ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIV,FAC MED,DEPT BIOCHEM,ALIGARH 202002,INDIA
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10.1111/j.1348-0421.1992.tb02104.x
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Native calf thymus DNA has been covalently modified with lysine under UV-A light. Human autoantibodies on purification through affinity column of native DNA linked to polylysyl-Sepharose 4B showed almost equal recognition of DNA and photoadduct. The recognition of DNA-lysine photoadduct by the affinity-purified autoantibodies might be helpful in understanding their origin in SLE vis-a-vis the role of positively charged amino acids in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.
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