Restriction in the repertoire of the immunoglobulin light chain subgroup in pathological cold agglutinins with anti-Pr specificity

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-147

  Leo, Albrecht ^a,c   Kreft, H ^a   Hack, H ^a   Kempf, T ^b   Roelcke, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold agglutinins; Immunobiology; Immunoglobulin; Light chain subgroup; Variable domain

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLD AGGLUTININ; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN V KAPPA I LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN V KAPPA III LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN V KAPPA IV LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN V KAPPA LIGHT CHAIN; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PR ANTIBODY; PR ANTIGEN; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP P SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP PR SYSTEM; COLD; DATA BASE; DEGRADATION; ELUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGGLUTININS; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CRYOGLOBULINS; GLYCOPHORIN; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID;

EID: 1842419449     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0042-9007.2004.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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