Phenotype frequency of LKE in the Danish population.
A panel of 897 randomly chosen Danish donors of blood groups O and A was tested for the LKE antigen using a human anti-LKE. In this sample, 78.7% were LKE positive, 20.6% were weakly positive, whereas 0.7% were LKE negative. These phenotype frequencies are similar to those obtained by the first discovered human alloserum and by the monoclonal anti-SSEA-4 in previous studies. The previously reported lower LKE antigen strength in group A versus group O donors, and the association of LKE to the P system was confirmed.
Møller
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Department of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark.
Jørgensen
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D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D003718:Denmark; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000276:immunology*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D010127:P Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology; D010641:Phenotype; D011897:Random Allocation
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000939:Epitopes; D010127:P Blood-Group System