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Antibody-mediated rosette formation of epidermal cells with leukocytes in pemphigus vulgaris

✍ Scribed by I. Katayama; K. Hashimoto; K. Nishioka


Book ID
104762029
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1985
Tongue
English
Weight
641 KB
Volume
278
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-3696

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✦ Synopsis


Human peripheral-blood leukocytes (PBLs) were found to form rosettes with cultured human epidermal cells or a mouse epidermal cell line (Pam cells), but not with fibroblasts, when preincubated with heat-inactivated sera from patients with pemphigus vulgaris. Increased rosette formation was observed, however, when untreated sera were used for passive sensitization. Complement was not required for this reaction, because purified IgG fractions from a protein-A[Sepharose column retained the ability to induce rosette formation. Blocking experiments with a-methylmannoside suggested that a carbohydrate moiety is involved in the binding of sensitized cells to epidermal cells. Thus, human PBLs can adhere to cultured mouse epidermal cells in the presence of PV IgG antibodies.


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