title: A human quantitative polymorphism related to Xg blood groups.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody, 12E7, raised against lymphocytes from a patient with a T-cell acute lymphocytic leukaemia reacts strongly with cortical thymocytes and, to a lesser extent, with other human cells. The antigen defined by 12E7 is not expressed on mouse or hamster cells; this species specificity allowed us to investigate the genetics of the expression of the 12E7 antigen using human--rodent somatic-cell hybrids. Hybrid cells which contain the human X chromosome as the only human genetic contribution react with 12E7. The X-linkage of the gene, or genes, controlling 12E7 antigen expression and the fact that 12E7 antigen is also expressed on red blood cells led us to investigate the possibility of a relationship with the X-linked Xg blood group system. Although the 12E7 and Xga antigens seem to be different antigenic determinants specified by different loci, we report here a sex-limited effect involving the Xg phenotype on the expression of 12E7 antigen.
mesh_terms: D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012737:Sex Factors; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D001789:Blood Group Antigens