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. 1966 Oct;1(4):433–442.

Naturally occurring anti-tissue antibodies in rat sera

D M Weir, R N Pinckard, C J Elson, Deirdre E Suckling
PMCID: PMC1578777  PMID: 5338951

Abstract

Seventy per cent of normal rat sera have been shown to contain heat labile serum component(s) active against various rat organ homogenates as demonstrated by haemolytic complement fixation and passive haemagglutination tests. The main antigenic activity in rat liver has been found in the mitochondrial fractions.

It was also demonstrated by the indirect fluorescent antibody technique that both guinea-pig complement and high molecular weight rat globulins were fixed to rat organ sections.

Chemotactic activity has also been observed with rat serum and rat liver mitochondria and it is suggested that these naturally occurring antibodies may be implicated in the removal of tissue breakdown products.

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