IgG1 - As the only subclass of human serum IgG - spontaneously undergoes O-2-induced, noncovalent self-aggregation upon storage at room temperature

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-270

  Maninger, K ^b   Weblacher, M ^b   Zatloukal, K ^b   Estelberger, W ^b   Schauenstein, K ^b   Schauenstein, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autoaggregation; Cancer; Free radicals; IgG1 subclass; Immunoglobulin G; Superoxide anion; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMA PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KINETICS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SMOKING; SUPEROXIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029913119     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(95)02030-6     Document Type: Article

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