title: Flow cytometric analysis of 68 monoclonal anti-D reagents.
abstract: 68 monoclonal IgG anti-D were assessed for quantitative and qualitative binding to D variant red cells using a flow cytometric indirect immunofluorescence test. One antibody failed to bind to normal RhD pos. cells, but reacted weakly with D cat VI and D Cat VII cells. Quantitatively, binding varied approximately twenty-fold between different MAbs and different D variants. D cat III cells gave the lowest level of binding when compared with the D pos. controls. Qualitatively, R1VIr, R2VIr, R1VIIr and DFR samples failed to react with various MAbs regardless of the levels of binding of these MAbs to the D pos. controls, thus supporting the idea of missing epitopes in such variants.
authors.affiliation: National Blood Service, Leeds, UK.
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authors.lastname: Lubenko
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authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System