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Structural analysis of VH4-21 encoded human IgM allo- and autoantibodies against red blood cells.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Jul 1995
Børretzen M, Chapman C, Stevenson F K, Natvig J B, Thompson K M
Abstract excerpt
We have sequenced the variable heavy chain regions of a number of VH4-21 encoded monoclonal IgM anti-Rh(D) antibodies produced in response to deliberate immunization. These were compared with the sequences of similarly encoded IgM anti-I cold agglutinins (CA) derived from patients with lympho-proliferative diseases. The anti-Rh(D) antibodies show evidence of clonal expansion and somatic diversification. Even...
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