ULTRACENTRIFUGAL STUDIES OF REACTIONS OF RHEUMATOID FACTOR WITH NATIVE HUMAN GAMMAG-GLOBULIN

  • 1 January 1966
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 10 (6), 527-+
Abstract
Analytical ultracentrifugation has been employed in a study of the effect of pH on the dissociation of the 22S complexes formed in vitro between isolated rheumatoid factor and native human [gamma]G-globulin (prepared from autoiogous'' and isologous rheumatoid sera and from normal sera). The results indicate that rheumatoid factor has equal avidity for each of the [gamma]G-globulins tested irrespective of their source. The possibility that native human [gamma]G-globulin is a "haptenic" form of aggregated [gamma]G-globulin is discussed.