title: IgG anti-IgA1 and anti-IgA2 antibodies: their measurement by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and their relationship to disease.
abstract: IgG anti-IgA antibodies were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using one IgA1 and one IgA2 (m1) myeloma and a pooled IgA protein preparation as antigens. Class-specific anti-IgA antibodies occurred in 0.8% of non-IgA-deficient sera and 24.3% of IgA-deficient sera. Antibodies reacting with IgA1 only occurred in 2.6% of non-IgA-deficient sera and 6.7% of IgA-deficient sera. Antibodies reacting with IgA2 only occurred in 0.6% of non-IgA-deficient sera and 2.7% of IgA-deficient sera. The prevalence of anti-IgA in IgA deficients with inflammatory disease was higher (81.8%) than in IgA deficients without disease (24.1%) and was accounted for by class-specific antibodies.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000032:analysis*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000276:immunology; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D017098:IgA Deficiency; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000276:immunology*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D007070:Immunoglobulin A