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. 1980 Mar 15;186(3):679–685. doi: 10.1042/bj1860679

A species-non-specific liver plasma-membrane antigen and its involvement in chronic active hepatitis.

T A De Kretser, I G McFarlane, A L Eddleston, R Williams
PMCID: PMC1161702  PMID: 6772154

Abstract

Rabbit liver plasma membranes were isolated and purified by using an aqueous two-phase polymer system. Examination of these preparations with respect to electron-microscopical appearance, distribution of marker enzymes and gross biochemical composition revealed them to be free from contamination by intracellular components. Sera from ten patients with chronic active hepatitis, four with and six without hepatitis B viral markers (HBsAg) in their sera, produced a single precipitin line on immunodiffusion against a detergent extract of the isolated plasma membranes. Sera from HBsAg-positive and HBsAg-negative patients reacted against the same antigen. This antigen was enriched in the plasma membrane preparations compared with whole-liver homogenates and was identical with a species-non-specific antigen in a macromolecular fraction of normal human liver, which has been previously described as liver-specific lipoprotein.

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