Article
Lupus anti-DNA antibodies bearing the 8.12 idiotype appear to be somatically mutated.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jan 1992
Livneh A, Behar E, Many A, Ehrenfeld M, Gazit E, Diamond B
Abstract excerpt
Anti-DNA antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) sera were analyzed using an antiidiotype designated 8.12 which recognizes a determinant on lambda light chains highly expressed in SLE sera. Eight of ten normal individuals had peripheral blood lymphocytes which produced high-titered 8.12-positive antibodies, following transformation with Epstein Barr virus, implying that the 8.12-reactive sequence...
Topics
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Cell Line
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin Idiotypes
- Immunoglobulin M
- In Vitro Techniques
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Mutation
