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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
Monoclonal antibodies and thin-layer chromatography were used to study the unusual erythrocyte Lewis phenotypes found in healthy Polynesians. A single monoclonal anti-Leb reagent 073 (clone LM129) was found which could detect Leb antigen on the Polynesian erythrocytes of samples that were unreactive with various polyclonal and monoclonal anti-Leb reagents. Glycolipid fractions prepared from the plasma and erythrocytes of selected Polynesian samples of red-cell Le(a-b-), Le(a+b-) and Le(a+b+) phenotypes were found to have Leb glycolipids. The Leb antigen in some individuals is so weakly expressed that it is undetectable by routine erythrocyte phenotyping. Unusually large glycolipids bearing the Leb epitope were also found in some Polynesian samples, although the contribution of these novel glycolipids to phenotyping is unclear. The inability to detect Leb by routine methods and the presence of novel structures can be partially explained in terms of the presence of a weak secretor gene Se(w).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0042-9007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:geneSymbol
Se<up>w</up>
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
62-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Plasma and red-cell glycolipid patterns of Le(a+b+) and Le(a+b-) Polynesians as further evidence of the weak secretor gene Se(w).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Transfusion Medicine, Auckland Regional Blood Centre, New Zealand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't