| Literature DB >> 527260 |
L Ortona, V Laghi, R Cauda, P Nervo.
Abstract
Cellular sensitization to rabbit liver specific lipoprotein (RLSP) has been investigated using a lymphocyte transformation test in patients with chronic active hepatitis (CAH). A stimulation index greater than 2 was recorded in twenty out of twenty-five cases (eight of ten HBsAg positive and twelve of fiteen HBsAg negative) while values were lower than 2 in all the normal subjects. These results confirm the finding of sensitization to LSP in chronic active hepatitis irrespective of HBsAg status and show that rabbit LSP can be used as an alternative to the human antigen in the lymphocyte transformation test, and is further evidence that this liver membrane lipoprotein has antigenic determinants which have species-cross-reactivity.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 527260 PMCID: PMC1537866
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN: 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330