IMMUNOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON PROTEIN PATHOLOGY - THE IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONCEPT
IMMUNOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON PROTEIN PATHOLOGY - THE IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONCEPT
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DOI:
10.1016/0009-8981(59)90004-x
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发表时间:
1959-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
HEREMANS, JF
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作者:
HEREMANS, JF
Three serum proteins have been selected for this study because of their close chemical, immunological and functional relationships. These are γ-globulin,β2A-globulin andβ2-macroglobulin.They appear to be the carriers of antibody activity and we propose to call them by the name ofimmunoglobulins.In chronic infections, collagen diseases and cirrhosis (as well as hepatitis) all three immunoglobulins increase markedly in serum. This may be correlated to antibody synthesis.Diseases associated with immune paralysis (primary and secondary agammaglob-ulinemia and biologically related syndromes) are characterized by the fall of at least one of the three immunoglobulins.Diseases with uncontrolled proliferation of cell types derived from the reticuloendothelial system (myeloma, macroglobulinemia, reticulo-sarcoma, leukemias) may give rise to “paraproteins”, which invariably appear to be derivatives of one (sometimes two) of the immunoglobulins. There seems to be a rule that in such cases the production of those of the immunoglobulins which take no part in the paraproteinemia is markedly reduced.