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Science 16 February 1973:
Vol. 179. no. 4074, pp. 691 - 693
DOI: 10.1126/science.179.4074.691
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Association of the HL-A7 Cross-Reacting Group with a Specific Reaginic Antibody Response in Allergic Man

David G. Marsh 1, Wilma B. Bias 1, Susan H. Hsu 1, and Lawrence Goodfriend 2

1 Divisions of Clinical Immunology and Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
2 Division of Immunochemistry and Allergy, Royal Victorial Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A relatively small proportion (17 percent) of individuals highly allergic to ragweed were found to develop marked reaginic (immunoglobulin E-mediated) skin sensitivity to a minor ragweed pollen allergen Ra5 (molecular weight 5200). Sensitivity to Ra5 was significantly associated with the possession of a major histocompatibility antigen of the HL-A7 cross-reacting group. This appears to be the first evidence of a strong association between a specific immune response and a specific group of closely related HL-A antigens in man.


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