Production of murine monoclonal antibody to fetal hemoglobin

Autor: Swati Kulkarni, Dipika Mohanty, Vaishali Pujari, Yegneshwar Iyer, Gayatri Shinde, Paritosh Keertikar, Roshan B. Colah, Manisha Patwardhan
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Hemoglobin. 27(4)
ISSN: 0363-0269
Popis: Fetal hemoglobin (Hb F) is a major hemoglobin (Hb) component at birth. Hb F levels are markedly elevated in a number of inherited and acquired disorders. Measurement of Hb F levels is usually carried out by alkali denaturation which is not very accurate for low and high values. An accurate estimation of Hb F, and also of F cells, is desired in many hematological disorders like sickle cell disease, in monitoring the efficacy of hydroxyurea (HU) therapy, to assess feto-maternal hemorrhage (FMH) during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. We have raised a murine monoclonal antibody to human Hb F, that accurately measures the number of F cells by flow cytometry. The antibody was found to be potent and specific for F cells.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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