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  • Title: Forssman antigen expressed on lymph node cells of MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr mice is of a glycoprotein nature.
    Author: Kijimoto-Ochiai S, Tashiro A, Katagiri YU, Hatae T, Kobayashi S, Okuyama H.
    Journal: Microbiol Immunol; 1990; 34(3):299-309. PubMed ID: 2352498.
    Abstract:
    This paper reports the nature of abnormally expressed Forssman (F) antigen in the lymph node cells of MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr, autoimmune mice, and also reports its autoantibody in sera. By acetylation study of the F antigen with [14C]acetic anhydride, we concluded that the F antigen was not a glycolipid but a glycoprotein. Several bands of F-active glycoproteins were identified on a nitrocellulose sheet after purification by an anti-F antibody affinity column. Hemolysis of SRBC by some sera from MRL/MpJ/lpr/lpr was inhibited by purified F glycoprotein and also by F glycolipid. The antibody in the serum, however, seemed to be more specific for F glycoproteins than F glycolipid, but the opposite was the case for rabbit anti-F glycolipid antibody. No significant difference of the SRBC hemolysis levels was observed between the sera from MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr and its congenic MRL/MpJ-+/+ mice.
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