Abstract
An isoelectric-focusing technique followed by Western blot (immunoblot) analysis was used to investigate the immunoglobulin G response of tuberculous patients against each of the three components of the Mycobacterium bovis BCG antigen 85 complex. The 85A component was stained by the tuberculous as well as the non-tuberculous sera. In contrast, the 85B and the 85C proteins of the complex were not stained by the control sera but were stained by 20 of 28 tuberculous serum samples.
MeSH Terms
Adult
Antibodies, Bacterial/blood
Antigens, Bacterial/isolation & purification
Blotting, Western
Epitopes
Humans
Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis
Isoelectric Focusing
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium bovis/immunology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/immunology
Chemicals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Antigens, Bacterial
Epitopes
Immunoglobulin G
Authors & Affiliations
8 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Van Vooren J P
Chest Department, Hospital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Drowart A
De Cock M
Van Onckelen A
D'Hoop M H
Yernault J C
Valcke C
Huygen K
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