EVIDENCE FOR A SUBSET OF RHEUMATOID FACTORS THAT CROSS-REACT WITH DNA-HISTONE AND HAVE A DISTINCT CROSS-IDIOTYPE
EVIDENCE FOR A SUBSET OF RHEUMATOID FACTORS THAT CROSS-REACT WITH DNA-HISTONE AND HAVE A DISTINCT CROSS-IDIOTYPE
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.151.6.1514
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
15.3
通讯作者:
JOSLIN, F
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作者:
AGNELLO, V;ARBETTER, A;JOSLIN, F
Cross-reactivity of a [human] monoclonal rheumatoid factor with an antigen present on Ig[immunoglobulin]G and DNA-nucleoprotein was demonstrated, and evidence presented that the combining site of the antibody was involved in the reaction. The antigen on the DNA-nucleoprotein involved DNA and histone fraction H2A + H2B and was trypsin sensitive. The relative binding affinity of the antibody appeared to be greater for IgG than the DNA-histone antigen. Similar polyclonal cross-reactive rheumatoid factors were found in a variety of diseases. A high incidence was found among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and mixed connective tissue disease. None were detected in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and idiopathic cryoglobulinemia. Studies on 1 representative isolated polyclonal rheumatoid factor demonstrated the same reactivity with DNA-histone H2A + H2B as the monoclonal antibody. Cross-idiotype studies using antigen-binding inhibition methods demonstrated the same cross-idiotype on the polyclonal and the monoclonal rheumatoid factor which reacted with DNA-histone. This cross-idiotype was distinct from the cross-idiotypes previously demonstrated on monoclonal IgM proteins with anti-.gamma.-globulin activity.