Sánchez B, Melero J, García-Lozano J R, Yélamos J, Magariño R, Robledo M M, Dessi V, Siervo S, Núñez-Roldán A
Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain.
J Immunol Methods. 1993 Jan 4;157(1-2):253-8. doi: 10.1016/0022-1759(93)90094-n.
The monoclonal antibody-specific immobilization of lymphocyte antigens (MAILA) assay was developed to detect antibodies present in human alloantisera against antigens of different major histocompatibility complex loci, particularly of class II specificity. The MAILA assay has been used in our laboratory to the determination of the type of HLA molecule recognized by human monoclonal antibodies 91C2 (anti-A2 + 28), 34F11 (anti-DQ1), and 2A2 (anti-DQ1 + 4 + short DQ7), using well characterized monomorphic as well as polymorphic murine monoclonals for the specific immobilization of HLA molecules. Results obtained show that the MAILA assay is also a valuable tool for the determination of specific human MHC locus products recognized by human monoclonal antibodies.