Article
Somatic diversification and affinity maturation of IgM and IgG anti-DNA antibodies in murine lupus.
European journal of immunology - 1 Nov 1993
Hirose S, Wakiya M, Kawano-Nishi Y, Yi J, Sanokawa R, Taki S, Shimamura T, Kishimoto T, Tsurui H, Nishimura H
Abstract excerpt
Molecular events occurring during the process of generation of pathogenic immunoglobulin (Ig)G anti-DNA antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were studied using a newly established method. We analyzed the Ig variable (V) region gene sequence and DNA-binding activity of IgM and IgG anti-DNA monoclonal antibodies (mAb) from individual SLE-prone (NZB x NZW) F1 mice. The first event appeared to be clonal...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibody Affinity
- Antibody Diversity
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- Female
- Immunoglobulin G
