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J Duravetz

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PubMed1976

Inhibition of anaphylactic histamine release by Forssman antiserum. I. Characteristics of the reaction and inhibitor.

Forssman antiserum produced in rabbits immunized with sheep erythrocyte stromata was found to contain an IgG antibody which inhibited both passive anaphylactic sensitization of guinea-pig lung and also histamine-releasing activity of soluble immune complexes. This Forssman antibody did not itself cause histamine release or depletion of lung histamine stores. The IgM haemolysin component of the Forssman antiserum was not associated with inhibitory activity. The inhibition by the IgG Forssman antibody differed from that of normal rabbit gammaglobulin both in its irreversible character and in being absorbed by sheep erythrocytes. The inhibitory antibody had no effect on the histamine-releasing activity of compound 48/80, anaphylatoxin or reversed anaphylaxis. It was concluded that IgG Forssman antibody probably blocks the tissue receptor(s) for anaphylactic antibody in guinea-pig lung.

Anaphylaxis↗
PubMed1975

Hepatitis B surface antigen: regional variation in sub-type ratio in the Canadian Red Cross donor population.

A total of 344 sera positive for hepatitis B surface antigen from volunteer blood donors at several Canadian Red Cross centres were subtyped for ad and ay specificity by counterelectrophoresis. Of the 50 sera from Toronto 21 (42%) were ad and 29 (58%) were ay; of the 95 from Montreal 82 (86%) were ad and 13 (14%) were ay; of the 199 from Quebec 179 (90%) were ad and only 20 (10%) were ay. The w and r specificities were also determined in 125 of the samples: 123 were w; the 2 samples of r specificity were from Toronto. On the other hand, among 45 sera from patients with acute hepatitis type B in Quebec 13 (29%) were ad and 33 (71%) ay.

Acute Disease↗