Abstract
Summary. The peanut agglutinin from Arachis hypogea is a lectin that reacts with red blood cells expressing the Th antigen. The Th antigen has been said to be qualitatively similar to the T antigen, a well‐defined antigen due to desialylation of glycophorin A and B that also reacts with the peanut agglutinin. We examined Th activated red blood cells from two patients with Fanconi's anaemia using 125I radio‐labelled peanut agglutinin as a probe in Western blotting of red blood cell membrane proteins. We also probed the surface of intact Th activated red blood cells for structures related to the T antigen using [3H]sialic acid and a purified sialyltransferase. Neither of these techniques found antigens on the Th activated red blood cells that were similar to the antigen found on T activated red blood cells. These results show that the Th antigen in Fanconi's anaemia is qualitatively different to the antigen found in T activation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 205-209 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | British journal of haematology |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1987 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology