Quantitation of the ABO System Antigens by Means of Isoprecipitating Antisera

Autor: Zelená E, Pintera J, Vacl J, Hrncírová D, Kurtinová J
Rok vydání: 1975
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Zdroj: British Journal of Haematology. 30:75-80
ISSN: 1365-2141
0007-1048
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1975.tb00520.x
Popis: A quantitative method for the determination of blood group specific substances A and B on red blood cells was developed, using them to absorb isoprecipitating antisera anti-A and anti-B, followed by estimation of the residual antibody by means of a counterimmunoelectrophoretic technique with standard solutions of A and B substances prepared from saliva. The method was tested on a population of A2B donors. The mean amount of A substance in A2B RBC was 131 X 10(-12) +/- 217 X 10(-12) u/cell in the population of 95 donors. The A substance thus determined agreed significantly with values obtained by classical haemagglutinating titration. The mean amount of B substance in A2B RBC was 222 X 10(-12) +/- 178 X 10(-12) m/cell. The amounts of both the A and B substances were not correlated on the same RBC. Several peaks of the distribution curve of both substances confirmed the non-homogeneity of the populations, there being a wide standard deviation presumably due to differences in the antigen content of different subgroups.
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