A hemolytic assay for the estimation of functional mannose-binding lectin levels in human serum

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-157

  Kuipers, Saskia ^a   Aerts, Piet C ^a,b   Sjöholm, Anders G ^c   Harmsen, Theo ^a   Van Dijk, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bystander hemolysis; Functional assay; Lectin pathway; MBL; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; EGTAZIC ACID; GALACTOSE; MANNAN ANTIBODY; MANNOSE; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LECTIN BINDING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

COMPLEMENT C1 INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE-BINDING PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

GALLUS GALLUS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037107536     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(02)00192-8     Document Type: Article

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