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[HLA class II typing in chronic myeloid leukemia with the complement fixation test using phytohemagglutinin-activated lymphocytes in the presence of interleukin 2 and gamma interferon].

In 23 cases of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in remission, HLA class II typing was performed by complement fixation technique on phytohemagglutin (PHA) activated lymphocytes. In 10 cases satisfactory results were obtained, whereas in 13 cases the cells were weakly or non reactive, making impossible a correct determination of HLA-DR,DQ specificities. In the 13 cases a conditioned medium containing Interleukin-2 (Il-2) and gamma interferon (IFN) was added to PHA, inducing a good HLA class II reactivity and making possible a satisfactory definition of HLA-DR,DQ specificities. The complement fixation technique on lymphocytes cultured with PHA, Il-2 and gamma IFN made possible a correct HLA-DR,DQ typing in 23 consecutive cases of CML, while such a typing is often difficult or impossible when using the microlymphocytotoxicity technique on B lymphocyte targets.

Antilymphocyte Serum↗

A specific complement-fixation test for infection with poliomyelitis virus.

A complement-fixing antigen has been developed, using as source of material CNS tissue from newborn mice infected with the newborn mouse-adapted strain of the Lansing type, MEF1 virus. With this antigen, specific reactions have been obtained with sera from mice, cotton rats, and monkeys immunized with the Lansing-type virus, and from monkeys and chimpanzees convalescent from infection with this virus. Twenty-one of 35 human sera obtained from individuals convalescent from poliomyelitis were positive and 6 of 22 from apparently normal persons having Lansing-neutralizing antibody, while this held true for only 1 of 19 from those having no Lansing-neutralizing antibody. The fact that positive results were found in sera from patients having an infection with poliomyelitis virus of the Brunhilde type and at the same time no Lansing-neutralizing antibody brings up the possibility of the existence of a cross-reaction in complement fixation between the two types.

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Immune adherence and complement-fixation tests for human hepatitis A. Diagnostic and epidemiologic investigations.

The reliable propagation of CR326 strain of human hepatitis A virus in Saguinus mystax marmosets has permitted the development of specific serum neutralization, complement-fixation (CF), and immune adherence (IA) assays for hepatitis A antigen and antibody. The CF and IA assays were made possible by the use of livers of CR326-infected marmosets as a source of hepatitis A antigen. All assays were shown to be specific for hepatitis A. Cases of hepatitis B did not show development of hepatitis A antibody. Hepatitis A antibody appeared following onset of illness, and, in the longest time period studied, has persisted for 7 years. Epidemiologic studies have been performed on several Costa Rican families with outbreaks of hepatitis, using the IA and CF assays. Also, several populations in the U.S.A. were studied. These indicated a high incidence of hepatitis A at an early age in Costa Rica and a relatively low incidence of hepatitis A antibody among adults in the U.S.A. It was shown that human immune globulin can be standardized for hepatitis A antibody content by the IA assay. Finally, the IA assay indicated probable hepatitis A antibody in uninoculated chimpanzees, grivet monkeys, and rhesus monkeys.

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