IgG antibodies to Lewis type 2 antigens in serum of H. pylori-infected and noninfected blood donors of different Lewis(a,b) blood-group phenotype

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-232

  Kurtenkov, Oleg ^a   Klaamas, Kersti ^a   Miljukhina, Ljudmila ^a   Shljapnikova, Ljudmila ^a   Ellamaa, Malle ^b   Bovin, Nikolai ^c   Wadström, Torkel ^d  

^a Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Bank   (Estonia)

^c SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood group antigen; Helicobacter pylori; Immune response; Lewis antigen

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LE(Y) ANTIGEN; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032952293     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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