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THE OCCURRENCE DURING ACUTE INFECTIONS OF A PROTEIN NOT NORMALLY PRESENT IN THE BLOOD : III. IMMUNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND ITS DIFFERENTIATION FROM NORMAL BLOOD PROTEINS.

The Journal of experimental medicine ·Vol. 73 ·No. 2 ·1941-01-31 ·Pages 191-200

Macleod CM, Avery OT

Abstract

The C-reactive protein present in the albumin fraction of the serum of patients during certain acute bacterial infections is highly antigenic upon injection into rabbits. The antiserum thus prepared reacts specifically with this protein and does not react with the proteins of normal human serum. Immunological specificity has been demonstrated by both precipitin and complement-fixation tests. Antiserum prepared in rabbits to the C-reactive protein from human sources also reacts specifically with the similar protein in the serum of monkeys acutely ill with experimental pneumococcus infection. By means of immunological reactions it is possible to detect amounts of reactive protein which are too small to yield a visible precipitate in tests with the C polysaccharide. Certain of the properties are discussed which distinguish the C-reactive protein from the proteins of normal human serum.

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Macleod C M
Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
Avery O T
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of experimental medicine
Abbr.
J Exp Med
ISSN
0022-1007
Published
1941-01-31
Pages
191-200
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985109R
PMCID
PMC2135125
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