Specific Combinations of Erythrocyte Group Antigens in Blood Donors

Erythrocyte Sensitization by Blood Group-Specific Bacterial Antigens

Human and chicken erythrocytes are readily coated in vitro by blood group active protein-lipopolysaccharides and lipopolysaccharides from E. coli O(86) and E. coli O(128). Serum albumin, alpha(2)- and beta-lipoproteins inhibit this sensitization. Blood group B specific agglutination of erythrocytes with B or B-like antigens was obtained with antibodies purified by adsorption on and elution from...

Erythrocyte blood group antigens: not so simple after all.

Identification of human erythrocyte blood group antigens on decay- accelerating factor (DAF) and an erythrocyte phenotype negative for daf

Decay accelerating factor (DAF) is a glycoprotein present on the surfaces of many types ofcells in contact with plasma, including erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets (reviewed in reference 1). A small amount of DAF is also present in serum. Numerous investigators have demonstrated that DAF inhibits the action of C3 convertases on cell surfaces, and its absence has been shown to be at least ...

Characterization of Seven Low Incidence Blood Group Antigens Carried by Erythrocyte Band 3 Protein

Recent studies have demonstrated that band 3 carries antigens of the Diego blood group system and have elucidated the molecular basis of several previously unassigned low incidence and high incidence antigens. Because the available serological data suggested that band 3 may carry additional low incidence blood group antigens, we screened band 3 genomic DNA encoding the membrane domain of band 3...

Evidence that the antigens of the Yt blood group system are located on human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase.

The Yt blood group system comprises two antigens, Yta and Ytb. Human anti-Yta and human anti-Ytb immune precipitate a component of the same apparent molecular weight as acetylcholinesterase from radioiodinated erythrocytes of appropriate Yt phenotype. Immune precipitates obtained with anti-Yta and anti-Ytb contained acetylcholinesterase activity. In contrast, immune precipitates obtained with h...