1. A quantitative antiglobulin test for IgG for use in blood transfusion serology.
- Author
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Merry AH, Thomson EE, Rawlinson VI, and Stratton F
- Subjects
- Erythrocytes immunology, Humans, Immune Sera, Iodine Radioisotopes, Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell analysis, Serology, Trypsin, Blood Transfusion, Coombs Test methods, Immunoglobulin G analysis
- Abstract
A sensitive method has been developed using 125I-labelled anti-IgG which allows detection of IgG present on the red cell surface. By suitable absorption and correction for non-specific binding to trypsinized red cells, a reproducible, accurate method of quantitating IgG absorbed onto red cells is obtained. The number of IgG molecules present on normal cells was found to range from 5 to 90 with an average of 39. Studies of correlation of agglutination in the antiglobulin test with numbers of IgG molecules on the cell were also undertaken.
- Published
- 1982
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