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Anti HSA-antibodies were isolated from HSA-sepharose by direct and stepwise elution with 0.5 M, 2.0 and 3.0 M KSCN at different pH values. The antibody fractions, especially those eluted stepwise, varied in their isoelectrofocussing pattern. Nearly all antibody molecules with an isoelectric point (PI) lower than 6.5 were eluted with 0.5 M KSCN. Application of increasing KSCN concentrations led to the recovery of antibody fractions showing a parallel shift in the PI to the region higher than 7.5. These differences were not correlated with differences in antibody avidity. The effect of KSCN does not seem to be restricted to the combining sites of the antibody. The dissociation of the antibody from the antigen is apparently facilitated by an interaction of KSCN with the remainder of the antibody molecule thereby influencing the overall net charge.
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PMID:Differences in the isoelectric focussing pattern of antibodies to human serum albumin eluted from an immunoadsorbent (HSA-sepharose) with thiocyanate ions. 35 54

ELISA was applied for analysis of the HSA-human IgG autoantibody system responsible for the immunoelectrophoretic 'Tailing Albumin' (TA) phenomenon induced in most of the TA patients by prolonged nitrofurantoin therapy. Both hyperimmune porcine anti-HSA and autoimmune human anti-HSA antibodies of the IgG class were detectable by ELISA. The presence of autologous or added HSA had some inhibitory effect upon the detectability of the anti-HSA antibodies. Partial elimination of the autologous HSA by sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation or salt precipitation increased or unmasked the anti-HSA activity of some TA sera. The sensitivity of the ELISA as detector of the anti-HSA autoantibodies of whole human sera was roughly equal to that of the immunoelectrophoretic TA phenomenon. The analogy of the anti-HSA autoantibodies and the rheumatoid factors and the theoretical interest of both of them is stressed.
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PMID:IgG autoantibody to human serum albumin studied by the ELISA-technique. 35 95

Using a Toshiba GC-401 gamma camera with MDS computer Trinary a new method was developed for subtracting the extrarenal (extracanalicular) "background" from the count rate recorded over the kidneys after intravenous administration of 131I-hippurate. Mean subtraction factors of the "blood" activity curve were calculated from a study of 27 patients who were given 51Cr-HSA for purposes of conventional renography with "background" subtraction. The values of the mean subtraction factors FR,L for the right and left kidney, by which a blood count rate should be multiplied amounted to 0.86 +/- 0.12 and 0.79 +/- 0.13, respectively. A comparison of the coefficients of variation of the pure renal signal when mean vs. individually determined subtraction factors were used, and the verification of the method in unilaterally nephrectomized patients have demonstrated that determination of the factors, FR,L, for each patient individually is not required and sufficient precision can be obtained by using the method and factors reported in this study.
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PMID:A method for subtraction of the extrarenal "background" in dynamic 131I-hippurate renoscintigraphy. 37 22

The biological activity of a hot-water extract from delipidated BCG, designated as HSA (Hot-water Soluble Adjuvant), was investigated. The HSA did not induce hyperreactivity to bacterial endotoxin. The hot-water extract from which nucleic acids had been removed by streptomycin (SM-HSA) was found to enhance the delayed-type hypersensitivity as evidenced by the results of footpad reaction of mice. The HSA and SM-HSA could be injected to mice by an intraperitoneal route for 20 consecutive days without undesirable side effects. A comparative study was made on the effects of HSA in relation to the duration and doses of treatment with HSA using the ddI mice inoculated with Sarcoma-180. The most remarkable effect was observed when 0.25 mg of HSA had been injected for 20 consecutive days. Also SM-HSA was found to exert antitumor activity when applied in the same manner as above. These results suggest that the presence of nucleic acids is not related to the biological and antitumor activities of the hot-water extract.
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PMID:A biological study on hot-water extract from delipidated Mycobacterium bovis strain BCG. 39 13

Extravascular lung water is estimated in vivo from indicator dilution curves of diffusible and non-diffusible tracers utilizing their different transit times as they pass the lung microvessels. 131I-antipyrine as the diffusible and 99mTc-HSA as the non-diffusible tracer were injected simultaneously, using a pneumatic injector. Indices for rELW/V and rELW/F were calculated using programs previously published, and gave numerical values for the presence and intensity of pulmonary interstitial oedema. Inaccuracies due to sequential inputs are avoided. 131I-antipyrine has a more convenient pulmonary interstitial oedema. Inaccuracies due to sequential inputs are avoided. 131I-antipyrine has a more convenient shelflife and can therefore serve for emergency and follow-up examinations. The results do not differ significantly form those with 123I-antipyrine, and the higher radiation burden is tolerable. A mobile set-up for bed-side measurements is described.
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PMID:[Estimation of lung water with 131I-antipyrine and 99mTc-HSA (author's transl)]. 39 6

The 125I C1q deviation test and the modified 125I C1q PEG precipitation test were compared in their ability to detect soluble immune complexes in serum using a model system of HSA-rabbit-anti-HSA, and were then applied to sera collected from patients with malignant and non-malignant conditions. Despite close agreement in the model system, the two tests gave divergent results for the presence of C1q binding substances in individual serum samples collected from patients. The inherent complexities of interpreting C1q binding in serum, in terms of the presence of soluble immune complexes, makes it questionable whether either test can be relied upon to provide a means of identifying these complexes in the sera from patients with malignant disease.
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PMID:A comparison of two 125I C1q binding tests to detect soluble immune complexes in serum of patients with malignant disease. 47 28

The diagnostic value of a combined radionuclide technique was compared with conventional angiocardiographic techniques in 60 patients with coronary artery disease. Quantitative 201Tl myocardial imaging combined with radionuclide angiocardiography using 99mTc-HSA provided a safe and accurate method for the assessment of left ventricular performance. The defects on the 201Tl images correlated with the severity of asynergy seen on the contrast ventriculogram. Static imaging alone distinguished hypokinetic from akinetic or dyskinetic areas. However, using both tracer techniques, akinesis could bedistinguished from dyskinesis. In patients with disturbed left ventricular function, cardiac transit times correlated with haemodynamic changes, and left ventricular ejection fraction was the most sensitive index. Thus, this combined radionuclide approach provides data for the evaluation of overall and regional wall function. A major advantage of this non-invasive auantitative technique is its applicability to the critically ill patient at the bedside.
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PMID:Assessment of left ventricular performance and myocardial viability using quantitative radioisotope techniques. 48 82

The conjugation of vitamin B-12 to HSA by means of a combined ethylcarbodiimide N-hydroxysuccinimide conjugation method at pH 5.5 is described. It gave a ratio of 2.7 mol vitamin B-12/mol HSA. Five rabbits were immunized with this conjugate emulsified in Freund's complete adjuvant. After one booster injection high titre antisera (1 : 450 000--1 : 1 500 00) to vitamin B-12 were collected.
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PMID:The production of antibodies to vitamin B-12. 48 82

The immune response against HSA (human serum albumin) was studied in rabbits after intravenous injection of various HSA preparations. When HSA was injected one day after, together with or coupled to lysolecithin, a late response was found in twelve out of thirteen rabbits, whereas a minority of the rabbits responded when lysolecithin was omitted. These results confirm the adjuvant activity of lysolecithin. A rapid response starting on day 6 was found in rabbits injected with HSA entrapped in liposomes which had been composed of lecithin, phosphatidic acid and cholesterol (PPC liposomes). The response against liposome entrapped HSA was delayed for about one day when the phospholipid adjuvant lysolecithin was incorporated in the liposomes (LPPC liposomes). Results lend support to the hypothesis that the adjuvant activity of lysolecithin and its opposite inhibition of the adjuvant activity of liposomes are mediated by the same mechanism, i.e. inhibition of enzymatic digestion in lysosomes of macrophages.
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PMID:Liposomes in immunology: impairment of the adjuvant effect of liposomes by incorporation of the adjuvant lysolecithin and the role of macrophages. 48 57

Antibodies to polymerized human albumin (poly-HSA) could not be detected by using sensitive methods (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and radioimmunoprecipitation) in sera from chronic carriers of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or in serial bleedings from one chimpanzee infected with type A hepatitis virus and one infected with non-A, non-B hepatitis virus. By a solid-phase radioimmunoassay, receptor sites for poly-HSA could be detected on HBsAg particles from sera containing either hepatitis B "e" antigen (HBeAg) or anti-HBe. Blocking experiments showed that monomeric HSA did not bind to this receptor. In general, the HBsAg particles from sera with HBeAg had more poly-HSA receptor sites or relatively more particles carrying this receptor compared with HBsAg from sera with anti-HBe. Microtiter plates coated with poly-HSA bound HBsAg from sera containing HBeAg with greater efficiency than did anti-HBs coupled to a solid phase (Ausria II beads), whereas with sera positive for anti-HBe, the two assays were equally sensitive. Decreased ability of HBsAg to bind to poly-HSA was seen in some sera which had been stored for a few years at 4 degrees C, whereas the binding to anti-HBs was unaffected. It is possible that polymers of albumin on the surface of hepatocytes could function as receptors for hepatitis B virus.
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PMID:Sites that bind polymerized albumin on hepatitis B surface antigen particles: detection by radioimmunoassay. 50 Jan 99


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