Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
Circulating immune complexes have been implicated in the development of tissue injury in many chronic disease states, but in most instances the inciting antigens have not been identified. This report describes the development of a sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay which can be used to screen rapidly and simultaneously the immune complexes of numerous sera for the presence of a suspected antigen. The prototype antigen sought here was kappa-casein, a frequent participant in immune complex formation in IgA deficiency and in atopic diseases. The enzyme-antibody conjugate described here can detect as little as 0.11 ng/ml of kappa-casein; for immune complexes formed in vivo or in vitro, one can distinguish circulating complexes containing casein from complexes not containing this antigen. Using this reagent, a major antigen in the immune complexes of hypogamma-globulinemic patients treated with intravenous gamma-globulin was unexpectedly identified as kappa-casein. This method of specific immune complex analysis is suggested as a practical and effective approach to the elucidation of the antigenic constituents of immune complexes found in many diseases.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
504-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
The identification of specific antigens in circulating immune complexes by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: detection of bovine kappa-casein IgG complexes in human sera.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't