Article
Structure of the VH and VL segments of monoreactive and polyreactive IgA autoantibodies to DNA in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Mar 1994
Kasaian M T, Ikematsu H, Balow J E, Casali P
Abstract excerpt
Anti-DNA IgA autoantibodies play an important immunopathologic role in SLE patients. To analyze the cellular origin and the VH and VL structure of anti-DNA IgA autoantibodies, we generated five IgA1 mAbs to DNA using B lymphocytes from three SLE patients. Two mAbs bound to ssDNA only and one to both ssDNA and dsDNA (monoreactive antibodies). The remaining two mAbs bound to DNA (one to ssDNA and the other to both...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
