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Human triclonal anti-IgG gammopathy. I. Iso-electric focusing characteristics of the IgG, IgA and IgM anti-IgG and their heavy and light chains.

Immunology ·Vol. 35 ·No. 3 ·1978-09-00 ·Pages 429-36

Abraham GN

Abstract

Human IgG, IgA and IgM anti-IgG autoantibodies have been isolated from the serum of an individual with Felty's syndrome. These were initially noted as soluble circulating serum complexes by analytical ultracentrifugation. Isolation was accomplished by solid phase immunoadsorption and each of the three antibody populations obtained was shown to be of restricted heterogeneity by liquid and polyacrylamide gel electrofocussing methods. Type kappa light chains were obtained from each protein. Co-isoelectric focusing experiments of all possible pairs of these light chains showed them to have identical net charge characteristics. Heavy chains obtained from each protein were also monoclonal and of differing isoelectric point. The availability of this serum provides a human model with which to study the changes which may occur in autoantibodies during the autoimmune response.

MeSH Terms
Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/isolation & purification Autoantibodies/isolation & purification Chromatography, Ion Exchange Felty Syndrome/immunology Humans Immunoglobulin A/isolation & purification Immunoglobulin G/isolation & purification Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/isolation & purification Immunoglobulin M/isolation & purification Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/isolation & purification Isoelectric Focusing
Chemicals
Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic Autoantibodies Immunoglobulin A Immunoglobulin G Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains Immunoglobulin M Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains
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Abraham G N
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Article Info
Journal
Immunology
Abbr.
Immunology
ISSN
0019-2805
Published
1978-09-00
Pages
429-36
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0374672
PMCID
PMC1457633
Subset
IM
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