title: A monoclonal antibody to amyloid in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody that reacts with the amyloid in senile plaques in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease, was produced. The antigen was the crude amyloid protein (DAM, Pras et al. 1968) from the spleen of a patient with primary amyloidosis. The antibody crossreacts with DAM, but does not stain the amyloid of primary amyloidosis in tissue sections. The presence of a common antigenic site or sites in both the amyloid of senile plaques and amyloid of primary amyloidosis which react with this antibody is postulated.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D000682:Amyloid / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal