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C Ropartz

Publications and source records attributed to C Ropartz.

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Demonstration of the Rhesus haplotype CdE (r-y) in the genotype of 48 subjects from 8 families. Genotype CdE/CdE (r-yr-y) in 2 members of the same family.

Forty-eight individuals heterozygous for CdE (R-Y) haplotype were identified in the pedigrees of 8 kindreds containing 128 members. Two homozygotes CdE/CdE (r-yr-y) were found in a large inbred kindred. Our study among French blood donors of the Seine-Maritime region demonstrated that about one of two individuals possessing the Rhesus phenotype CcdEd (rh'rh') carried the CdE (r-y) haplotype.

Chromosomes↗

The ultrastructure of hepatocytes in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency with the genotype Pi--.

The ultrastructural appearance of the endoplasmic reticulum of the hepatocytes was found to be normal in a 5-year-old girl with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency with the genotype Pi--. The liver ultrastructure of this variant is therefore different from that of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency with the genotype PiZZ in which aggregates of an abnormal, unsecreted alpha-1-antitrypsin accumulate in the endoplasmic reticulum of the hepatocytes. The normal appearance of the endoplasmic reticulum in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency with the genotype Pi-- is compatible with the hypothesis, in this variant, synthesis of alpha-1-antitrypsin is completely, or nearly completely, absent; an alternative hypothesis would be that an abnormal alpha-1-antitrypsin is produced by the liver and secreted into the plasma, but disappears rapidly from the plasma.

Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors↗

Gm and Inv allotypes in French Guiana Indians.

Data from 302 individuals belonging to three populations of French Guiana Indians are reported. All the phenotypes except two can be explained by three haplotypes: Gm1,21, Gm1,2,21 and Gm1,10,11,25. The gene frequencies found in the present study are generally in accordance with those previously described among other South American Indians. For the Inv1,2 gene a high value has been found for the Wayanas and the Oyampis, but a difference appears for the Emerillons who possess a low frequency.

Blood Group Antigens↗

Gm and Inv allotypes in a Gypsy sample.

Serum samples from 226 Gypsies were tested for Gm(1,2,4,5,8,10,11,14,17,21,23,25) and for Inv(1,2). The Gm phenotypes found are very numerous and the more frequent among this population are: Gm(4,5, 8,10,11,14,17,23,25) and Gm(1,2,4,5,8,10,11,14,17,21,23,25). All the phenotypes except three can be explained by nine haplotypes: Gm4,5,8,10,11,14,23,25, Gm1,4,5,8,10,11,14,23,25, Gm4,5,8,10,11,14,25, Gm1,17,21, Gm1,10,11,17,25, Gm1,2,17,21, Gm1,8,17,21, Gm1,8,17,21,23 and Gm1,5,10,11,14,17. The haplotypes Gm1,17,21, Gm1,2,17,21, Gm4,5,8,10,11,14,25 (with or without Gm[ 3]) are all three common among Caucasoids, Gm1,4,5,10,11,14,23,25 (common among Mongoloids) and Gm1,5,10,11,14,17 (common to Negroids). For the Inv system, this population possesses a very low frequency of Inv(1) and Inv(2).

Ethnicity↗

An abnormal Cgamma 4 gene among the negro population.

An analysis of the IgG4-CH3 antigenic determinants by means of specific antisera using a hemagglutination-inhibition procedure among different populations has been done. Thus 3.67% of sera from Negroids have been found completely deficient in normal IgG4 subclass. Sera without normal IgG4 contained the other IgG subclasses. Family studies shown the transmission of an abnormal Cgamma 4 gene. Hypothesis of gene deletion, point mutation or gene hybridization were postulated. This last hypothesis seems the most valuable.

Africa↗

[Kinetic study of human immunoglobulin G fragmentation by pepsin].

The rate of pepsin hydrolysis of the four subclasses of human IgG has been studied. The levels of undegraded IgG and of pep-F'c fragments have been determined by radial immunodiffusion using specific antisera against Cgamma2 and Cgamma3 domain antigenic determinants. This study shows that the four IgG subclasses have different susceptibilities to pepsin hydrolysis and defines the optimum conditions (times of hydrolysis) for the preparation of maximum yields of F (ab)'2 fragments and/or pep-F'c fragments.

Humans↗