DNA/ANTI-DNA complexes

Autor: Ronald P. Taylor, Mark Johns, Steven J. Waller, Eleanor L. Wright, Kathi W. Morley
Rok vydání: 1981
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Zdroj: Arthritis & Rheumatism. 24:651-657
ISSN: 1529-0131
0004-3591
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780240504
Popis: The hydrodynamic sizes of antibody/3H-dsDNA immune complexes are correlated with their ability to fix complement in a red blood cell-complement linked binding assay. The results with PM2 dsDNA and a sonicated preparation (with a molecular weight of approximately 5 . 105) suggest that packing considerations are also important in the complement binding reaction. The relevance of these findings with respect to the role of antibody/dsDNA immune complexes in the pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis in systemic lupus erythematosus is discussed.
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