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  • Title: Experimentally induced mononucleosis-like heterophile antibodies in man.
    Author: Leikola J, Aho K.
    Journal: Clin Exp Immunol; 1969 Jul; 5(1):67-73. PubMed ID: 5789562.
    Abstract:
    Nine human volunteers were immunized with sheep erythrocytes. In each of them, a small proportion of the antibodies formed after the primary stimulation resembled the heterophile mononucleosis antibody: they agglutinated sheep, horse and papain-treated ox red cells; their antigenic receptors on sheep and horse red cells were papain-sensitive; they were absorbable with ox red cells but not with guinea-pig kidney; they were macroglobulins. No corresponding antibodies were found in rabbit or guinea-pig immune sera. The observations suggest that the mononucleosis receptor on sheep red cells is immunogenic for man and that the heterophile antibody thus would be formed as a result of a distinct immunogenic stimulus.
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