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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
Circulating immune complexes containing IgG, IgM and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in sera from groups of patients with various liver diseases were detected by both the C1q and conglutinin solid phase assays. Elevated levels of antigen non-specific immune complexes were observed in sera from all groups and complexes containing IgG were present to a greater extent than were IgM-containing complexes. Higher levels of complexes were generally obtained using the conglutinin assay than the C1q assay and the two assays were shown to preferentially bind complexes of different size ranges and antigen-antibody ratios. Only sera from HBsAg-positive patients had complexes containing HBsAg, and although serum HBsAg titres and levels of HBsAg-containing complexes were correlated, the correlation coefficient was low. The mean levels of immune complexes and the frequency of positive sera varied between different disease categories, but there was little correlation between levels of the three types of complexes detected by the two tests. Assay of immune complexes in sequential serum samples from an individual patient revealed considerable variation in the levels of the three complex types, demonstrating that the measurement of complexes in single serum samples is of limited value in assessing the potential significance of circulating immune complexes in hepatitis B.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0019-2805
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
673-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic liver disease: the detection and characterization of circulating immune complexes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't