Tolerization as a tool for generating novel monoclonal antibodies.
Standard hybridoma production involves the fusion of spleen cells from an immunized mouse with a non-secretory murine myeloma cell line. While this technology has provided numerous reagents that are highly valuable, demand is now increasing for monoclonal antibodies which can distinguish between closely related antigens. Induction of tolerance towards common antigens enables the recovery of high-specificity reagents that have previously proved elusive. This review details a number of strategies using either complex protein mixtures or purified proteins as tolerogens and subsequent immunization with a closely related immunogen.
Department of Paediatrics and CRC for Diagnostics, Child Health Research Institute, Adelaide University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Felicity L
FL
Holbrook
Ian C
IC
Nicholson
Heddy
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Zola
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D051379:Mice; D011506:Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000941:Antigens; D011506:Proteins