Quantitation and characterization of antiGalα1-3Gal antibodies in sera of 200 healthy persons

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-180

  Buonomano, Roberto ^a   Tinguely, Caroline ^a   Rieben, Robert ^a   Mohacsi, Paul J ^a   Nydegger, Urs E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agglutination titer; Anti Gal; G ELISA; Hyperacute rejection; IgM; Rabbit erythrocyte (E(R))

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GALACTOSE ALPHA(1-3) GALACTOSE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DISACCHARIDE; EPITOPE; GALACTOSYL (1 3)GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYL-(1-3)GALACTOSE; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOADSORBENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RABBIT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; XENOGRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; DISACCHARIDES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RABBITS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0032589318     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.1999.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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