Biomedical subjects

U N Kucich

Publications and source records attributed to U N Kucich.

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PubMed1977

Interrelation between two anticomplement cobra venom factors isolated from crude Naja naja cobra venom.

Two moieties occurring in crude Naja naja cobra venom were found to possess anticomplement activity. Both materials possessed similar molecular weights and specific activities but dissimilar elution profiles upon ion-exchange chromatography. The anticomplement activities of these materials were maintained upon digestion with neuraminidase, and their elution profiles from cation-exchange chromatography became identical after this treatment. It was concluded that the differences between the two anticomplement materials were due to their different sialic acid contents.

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PubMed1976

Studies on the antigenic determinants of the Thy-1.2 alloantigen as expressed by the murine lymphoblastoid line S-49.1 TB-2-3.

Sialic acid has been shown to be part of the antigenic determinant of the Thy-1.2 alloantigen as expressed by the murine cell line S-49.1 TB-2-3 (S-49). This conclusion is based on the loss of cytotoxic inhibitory activity by the action of neuraminidase on the Thy-1.2 alloantigen. Also, sialic acid has the ability to inhibit the cytotoxic assay of AKR anti-C3H Thy-1.2 serum for S-49 cells. Further evidence for the protein nature of the Thy-1.2 alloantigen is apparent by trypsin digestion. Possibly the Thy-1.2 alloantigen as expressed on S-49 cells is a glycoprotein.

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