Structural studies of monoclonal human cryoprecipitable immunoglobulins |
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Authors: | Sarah Larrian Johnston George N. Abraham Elsa H. Welch |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medicine and Microbiology, and Division of Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, N.Y. 14642 USA |
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Abstract: | The light chain type, immunoglobulin class and when possible, heavy chain subclass of eleven monoclonal human cryoglobulins were correlated with the variable region subgroup of their light chains. The variable region subgroups were assigned by determining the primary amino acid sequence for the first 15 amino-terminal residues of these light chains. IgM cryoglobulins which react with human IgG had light chains of the variable region-III kappa chain subgroup (vK-III). IgG and IgM cryoglobulins with undefined antibody specificity had both lambda and kappa light chains none of which were vK-III. The data support the concept that there is marked restriction of the IgM anti-IgG antibody response to the IgG auto-antigen. |
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