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IgE and IgG epitope mapping by microarray peptide-immunoassay reveals the importance and diversity of the immune response to the IgG3 equine immunoglobulin.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology - 1 Feb 2014
De-Simone Salvatore G, Napoleão-Pêgo Paloma, Teixeira-Pinto Luiz A L, Melgarejo Anibal R, Aguiar Aniesse S, Provance David W
Abstract excerpt
The presence of whole horse IgG in therapeutic snake antivenom preparations of high purity is a contamination that can cause IgE-mediated allergic reactions in patients. In this study, the immunodominant IgE and IgG-binding epitopes in horse heavy chain IgG3 were mapped using arrays of overlappin...
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