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. 1991 Sep;85(3):379–385. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb05735.x

IgG human monoclonal anti-DNA autoantibodies from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

T H Winkler 1, S Jahn 1, J R Kalden 1
PMCID: PMC1535604  PMID: 1893617

Abstract

We describe the production of six mouse-human heterohybridomas secreting human IgG anti-dsDNA antibodies derived from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Peripheral blood cells used for fusion experiments were from patients who were shown to have high numbers of anti-DNA secreting B cells in the peripheral blood. All monoclonal antibodies bind to dsDNA in ELISA systems, five are reactive with Crithidia lucilae kinetoplasts and three precipitate dsDNA in the Farr assay. Inhibition studies revealed a remarkable specificity for certain polynucleotide structures. To our knowledge these are the first hybridomas described in the human system that secrete anti-dsDNA antibodies of the IgG class.

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