Article
Both Sm and DNA are selecting antigens in the anti-Sm B cell response in autoimmune MRL/lpr mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Feb 1996
Retter M W, Cohen P L, Eisenberg R A, Clarke S H
Abstract excerpt
More than half of the anti-Sm hybridomas isolated from MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mice produce Abs that also bind ssDNA, and half of these bind dsDNA. Intraclonal comparisons indicate that DNA is a selecting Ag for at least some dual-binding clones. To determine whether Sm itself is a selecting Ag for anti-Sm, we have identified the somatic mutations within the expressed VH and V kappa genes of eight anti-Sm...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Autoantibodies
- Autoantigens
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- DNA, Single-Stranded
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Hybridomas
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region
