title: Anti-A-like and anti-B-like cold auto-hemagglutinins in a patient with malignant lymphoma and healthy individuals.
abstract: A cold auto-hemagglutinin with anti-B-like specificity was found in the serum of a group B patient with malignant lymphoma. The auto-hemagglutinin reacted only with B (adult) red cells and was inhibited by B secretor saliva. The appearance of this hemagglutinin in the patient's serum was transient. The presence of cold auto-hemagglutinins with anti-A-like and/or anti-B-like specificities was also demonstrated in sera from 15 (14.4%) of 104 group A1B healthy Japanese adults. The immunological features of these cold auto-hemagglutinins were similar to those of the anti-B-like hemagglutinin in the patient with malignant lymphoma.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001323:Autoantibodies; D006388:Hemagglutinins