Serological precipitation method for studying biosynthesis and secretion of immunoglobulins by human peripheral blood lymphocytes
Authors:
Yong Sung Choi
Affiliation:
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Walker Laboratory, Rye, NY 10580, U.S.A.
Abstract:
A reproducible, serological method to quantify radiolabeled immunoglobulin (Ig) synthesized and secreted by human peripheral blood lymphocytes is described. In contrast to indirect precipitation (rabbit antihuman Ig and goat antirabbit Ig), the direct coprecipitation method using human IgG and rabbit antihuman IgG F(ab)2 showed much smaller, non-specifically precipitable radioactivity (i.e., 2~14%) without affecting Ig radioactivity.