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Anti‐human red cell monoclonal antibodies produced by macaque–mouse heterohybridomas: Their reactivity with human and nonhuman primate erythrocytes
Author(s) -
Blancher A.,
Roubinet F.,
Reld M.,
Socha W.W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1999.tb00259.x
Subject(s) - monoclonal antibody , macaque , glycophorin , rhesus macaque , biology , antigen , antibody , primate , virology , epitope , red blood cell , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , paleontology , neuroscience
Eighteen monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against human red blood cells (RBCs) produced by macaque–mouse heterobybridomas gave uniformly positive reactions with all human samples except for some with particular null phenotypes. Based on reactions with latter cells, the human antigenic targets of 11 antibodies could be identified: six were specific for glycophorin‐related antigens (Wr b , En a , Ge4), and each of the five remaining antibodies showed one of the following specificities: CD55, CD44, CD59, Kell, and Rh proteins. Four Mabs recognized the V c antigen of the chimpanzee V‐A‐B‐D system. Six macaque Mabs detected polymorphisms in chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, and gibbon that did not correspond to any known blood group in these animals, while other Mabs gave monomorphic reactions with ape RBCs. The reagents produced by macaque hybridomas are useful tools not only for human blood grouping tests, but also for tracing the relationships among blood group antigens of man and anthropoid apes.