Chen P P, Fong S, Houghten R A, Carson D A
J Exp Med. 1985 Feb 1;161(2):323-31. doi: 10.1084/jem.161.2.323.
Recently, an antiidiotype to human monoclonal IgM anti-IgG autoantibodies (rheumatoid factors) was found to react also with human IgG. This peculiar antiidiotype was called an 'epibody'. We describe the induction of a similar epibody by immunization with a synthetic peptide (corresponding to one hypervariable region of the IgM-RF Glo). The results confirm the existence of epibodies, and provide the possible molecular basis of the epibody phenomenon.
最近,发现一种针对人单克隆IgM抗IgG自身抗体(类风湿因子)的抗独特型抗体也能与人IgG发生反应。这种特殊的抗独特型抗体被称为“表位抗体”。我们描述了用一种合成肽(对应于IgM类风湿因子Glo的一个高变区)免疫诱导出类似表位抗体的过程。这些结果证实了表位抗体的存在,并为表位抗体现象提供了可能的分子基础。