Article
HLA (A*0201) mimicry by anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibodies.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Dec 1998
Burlingham W J, Jankowska-Gan E, DeVito-Haynes L, Fechner J H, Hogan K T, Claas F H, Mulder A, Wang X, Ferrone S
Abstract excerpt
Soluble MHC Ags and anti-Id (anti-anti-MHC) Abs have both been shown to inhibit MHC alloantigen-specific B cell responses in vivo. We hypothesized that some anti-idiotypic Abs function as divalent molecular mimics of soluble HLA alloantigen. To test this idea, we studied two well-defined anti-idi...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigen-Antibody Reactions
- Cell Line
- Cross Reactions
- Epitopes
- HLA-A2 Antigen
- Humans
- Hybridomas
- Immune Tolerance
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- Immunoglobulin Light Chains
- Isoantibodies
- Male
- Mice
