THE SPECIFICITY OF ANTIBODIES TO THE F(AB')2 FRAGMENT OF HUMAN-IGG
THE SPECIFICITY OF ANTIBODIES TO THE F(AB')2 FRAGMENT OF HUMAN-IGG
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DOI:
10.1002/art.1780280516
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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ABRUZZO, JL
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作者:
HEIMER, R;WOLFE, LD;ABRUZZO, JL
The specificity of IgG anti-F(ab'')2 antibodies was examined in unfractionated sera of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and also with affinity-purified antibody preparations. Examination of the sera by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, using pooled human F(ab'')2 fragments absorbed to microtiter plates, revealed that IgG anti-F(ab'')2 antibodies cross-react with human and rabbit IgG and rabbit F(ab'')2. IgG anti-F(ab'')2 antibodies were purified by affinity chromatography and, when tested by a fluid-phase inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, were found to be of 2 types. One fraction, similar to pepsin agglutinator, reacted with human F(ab'')2 fragment alone. The other fraction was cross-reactive with human IgG and yet failed to react with idiotopes on Fab or epitopes on Fc fragments. The IgG anti-F(ab'')2 antibodies purified had no reactivity toward a human immune complex prepared from tetanus toxoid and antitoxoid.