Neonatal Th activation.
A case is reported of a 1-month-old infant with bowel obstruction and suspected sepsis whose red cells were found to be Th activated during the course of evaluating weakened A antigen activity. Neither Th activation nor weakened A antigen activity was present on the red cells of either parent. The Th activation and the weak reactivity obtained with commercial anti-A reagents were unrelated.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D006384:Hemagglutination; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D037102:Lectins / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D004187:Disaccharides; D037102:Lectins; C016467:Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen