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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-6-17
pubmed:abstractText
Immune complexes were measured in the sera of 18 patients iwth ankylosing spondylitis and 5 normal control subjects by their ability to inhibit antibody-mediated lymphocyte-induced cytotoxicity. 11 of the spondylitis and none of the control sera contained circulating complexes. Fractionation of sera on Sephadex G-200 showed that complexes were of two molecular sizes, one of intermediate and the other of large molecular weight. The presence of immune complexes did not correlate with activity of disease or the presence of peripheral arthritis although the one patient with polyarthritis had the highest level of complexes detected in this study. The nature of the antigen in these antigen-antibody complexes is of great interest since it may provide evidence of the aetiological agent in the disease.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-4967
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
159-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of immune complexes in serum of patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article