Article
Soluble class I HLA antigens in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and their families.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 1995
Adamashvili I M, McDonald J C, Fraser P A, Milford E L, Pressly T A, Gelder F B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study Class I soluble HLA in black patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and their families, and to compare the findings to a group of healthy families of the same racial background. METHODS: ELISA was developed measure soluble HLA Class I (sHLAI) in the serum of 25 patients with RA. Family studies were performed in seven patients with RA and their 28 first degree relatives. These family studies...
Topics
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Haplotypes
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Humans
- Male
- Pedigree
- Solubility