A New Human Hereditary Blood Property (Cellano) Present in 99.8% of all Bloods

Abstract

A "warm" type agglutinogen in human blood was detected with the aid of an immune agglutinin produced by a mother of an infant with mild hemolytic disease. The agglutinogen, designated Cellano, the mother''s name, was found to be present in 99.8% of 2500 blood specimens tested, and in all of 150 Negro bloods tested. Genetic analysis shows the agglutinogen to be detd. by a single gene which is an allele of the gene for the British Kell factor.