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. 1968 Dec;15(6):845–854.

The reaction of heart and other organ extracts with the sera of animals immunized with group A streptococci

I M Lyampert, N A Borodiyuk, G A Ugryumova
PMCID: PMC1409493  PMID: 4179325

Abstract

Extracts of guinea-pig skeletal muscle, heart, kidney and liver tissues contain soluble antigens which react in gel precipitation and immunoelectrophoresis with sera of animals immunized with group A streptococci, and with γ-globulin preparations obtained from these sera. These are specific immunological reactions. The antigens in extracts of heart tissue and other organs are proteins. They are cross-reactive antigens since absorption of sera with homologous strains of streptococci abolishes these reactions.

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