title: Studies of anti-F(ab')2 antibodies and possible immunologic control mechanisms in systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Studies of anti-DNA and anti-F(ab')2 antibodies were performed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 51 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Patients with severe, uncontrolled disease showed high levels of anti-DNA and low levels of anti-F(ab')2 antibodies. Patients with quiescent SLE usually showed high levels of anti-F(ab')2 and low levels of anti-DNA antibodies. Isolated anti-F(ab')2 antibodies from autologous SLE remission serum or from the sera of unaffected siblings of SLE patients showed maximum inhibition in test systems using affinity-purified SLE anti-DNA antibodies reacting with single-stranded DNA.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000276:immunology; D003429:Cross Reactions; D000939:Epitopes; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000276:immunology*; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D000939:Epitopes; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes