Article
Long-term study of a female hyper-IgM immunodeficiency.
Experimental and clinical immunogenetics - 1 Jan 2000
Kaneko H, Fukao T, Inoue R, Kasahara K, Matsui E, Kondo N
Abstract excerpt
Hyper-IgM immunodeficiency (HIM) is an immunological disorder characterized by normal or elevated serum IgM levels, and reduced serum IgG and IgA levels, due to the disruption of immunoglobulin class switching in B cells. X-linked hyper-IgM is caused by the defective expression of the CD40 ligand...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Amino Acid Sequence
- B-Lymphocytes
- Base Sequence
- CD40 Antigens
- CD40 Ligand
- Complementarity Determining Regions
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
