<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Reactivity of high-incidence antigens after glycine-EDTA treatment of red blood cells (RBCs) to prepare artificial Ko RBCs was investigated. The treatment had little or no effect on Yta, JMH, Yka, Kna, and McCa. Hy antigen-positive-treated RBCs reacted less well with anti-Hy when compared to nontreated cells. Glycine-EDTA treatment to prepare Ko RBCs offers an advantage over AET treatment because it preserves some high-frequency antigens that AET treatment does not.</abstract>

Reactivity of high-incidence antigens after glycine-EDTA treatment of red blood cells (RBCs) to prepare artificial Ko RBCs was investigated. The treatment had little or no effect on Yta, JMH, Yka, Kna, and McCa. Hy antigen-positive-treated RBCs reacted less well with anti-Hy when compared to nontreated cells. Glycine-EDTA treatment to prepare Ko RBCs offers an advantage over AET treatment because it preserves some high-frequency antigens that AET treatment does not.

Glycine-EDTA treatment to prepare Ko red blood cells: preservation of high-frequency antigens

Immunohematology

Glycine-EDTA treatment to prepare K red blood cells: preservation of high-frequency antigens

Reactivity of high-incidence antigens after glycine-EDTA treatment of red blood cells (RBCs) to prepare artificial Ko RBCs was investigated. The treatment had...

Glycine-EDTA treatment to prepare K_o red blood cells: preservation of high-frequency antigens

Pubblicato online: 22 nov 2020

Pagine: 64 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2019-921

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