Deep-vein thrombosis is not associated with the P/S186 polymorphism of histidine-rich glycoprotein

Background: In several studies, higher plasma levels of histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG) have been observed in patients with venous thrombosis than in healthy subjects. Apart from environmental factors, such as the use of oral contraceptives, the plasma HRG levels are mainly determined genetically. The most important genetic determinant is P...

Evaluation of monoclonal antibodies with specificity for human IgA, IgA subclasses and allotypes and secretory component. Results of an IUIS/WHO collaborative study

51 monoclonal antibodies (McAb) with putative specificity for human IgA, the IgA subclasses, Am allotypes or secretory component (SC) were evaluated for immunoreactivity and specificity by nine laboratories employing immunodiffusion, agglutination, immunohistological assays, immunoblotting and direct binding and competitive inhibition enzyme...

The radial immunodiffusion assay for plasma Histidine-rich Glycoprotein (HRG) based on a polyclonal antibody, shows a different specificity towards the two variants of a common amino acid polymorphism

Recently, two molecular weight forms of Histidine-rich Glycoprotein have been described which explain 59% of the variation in plasma HRG levels. Here, we demonstrate that this can partly be ascribed to a difference in specificity of the immuno assay for HRG towards the two alleles of the polymorphism.

a2-Antiplasmin Enschede: Dysfunctional alpha 2-antiplasmin molecule associated with an autosomal recessive hemorrhagic disorder

??2-Antiplasmin (??2-AP) is a major fibrinolysis inhibitor, whose complete, congenital absence has been found to be associated with a distinct hemorrhagic diathesis. We studied a 15-yr-old male with a hemorrhagic diathesis after trauma from early childhood on. This bleeding tendency was associated with a minimal ??2-AP level recorded...

Re-evaluation of the haptoglobin reference values with the radial immunodiffusion technique

The reference values of the three main types of serum haptoglobin Hp 1-1, Hp 2-1, and Hp 2-2, as determined by radial immunodiffusion and with phenotype determination on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis have been re-evaluated for both sexes. For that purpose about 500 serum samples were collected from normal, healthy Dutch volunteers. The...

Immunological characterization of plasminogen activator activities in human tissues and body fluids

Human plasminogen activators were compared immunologically in both a double-diffusion technique and quenching experiments on the fibrinolytic activities of the activators. Antisera against HMW and LMW urokinase and an antiserum against highly purified tissue plasminogen activator from human uterus were used. It was found that uterine tissue...

Localization of murine mammary tumor virus polypeptides on the surface of tumor cells

Antisera raised in rabbits against purified components gp52, p28 and p12 of murine mammary tumor virus (MuMTV) were first characterized by means of immunodiffusion, immunoelectrophoresis and radioimmunoassay. No significant crossreactivity could be detected. The 3 polypeptides were detected by means of these antisera in the cytoplasm of murine...

Purification of rat fibrinogen and its constituent chains

Rat fibrinogen was purified from rat plasma by using lysine-Sepharose chromatography, repeated precipitation with 25%-satd. (HN4)2SO4 and gel chromatography on Sepharose 6B. To minimize proteolytic activity, rats were injected intravenously with Trasylol before bleeding and the collected blood was treated with Trasylol and di-isopropyl...