Have a personal or library account? Click to login
The structure and function of Rh antigens—from monkeys to worms Cover

The structure and function of Rh antigens—from monkeys to worms

By: D.J. Anstee  
Paid access
|Oct 2020

References

  1. Levine P, Stetson RE. .An unusual case of intragroup agglutination. J Am Med Assoc 1939;113:126-7.10.1001/jama.1939.72800270002007a
  2. Levine R Bumham L, Katzin EM, Vogel P The role of iso-immunization in the pathogenesis of erythroblastosis foetalis. Am J Obst Gynecol 1941;42:925-37.10.1016/S0002-9378(41)90260-0
  3. Landsteiner K, Wiener AS. An agglutinable factor in human blood recognizable by immune sera for Rhesus blood. Proc Soc Exp Biol NY 1940;43:223.10.3181/00379727-43-11151
  4. Wiener AS. Genetic theory of the Rh blood types. Proc Soc Exp Biol NY 1943;54:316-9.10.3181/00379727-54-14419
  5. Fisher RA, Race RR. Rh gene frequencies in Britain. Nature 1946;157:48.10.1038/157048b021013978
  6. Tippett P A speculative model for the Rh blood groups. Ann Hum Genet 1986;50:241-7.10.1111/j.1469-1809.1986.tb01045.x3128160
  7. Cölin Y, Cherif-Zahar B, Le van Kim C, Raynal YVan Huffel V, Cartron J-P. Genetic basis of the RhD-positive and RhD-negative blood group polymorphisms as determined by Southern analysis. Blood 1991;78:2747-52.10.1182/blood.V78.10.2747.2747
  8. Issitt PD, Anstee DJ. Applied blood group serology. 4th ed. Durham, NC: Montgomery Scientific Publications, 1998.
  9. Anstee DJ, Cartron J-P. Toward an understanding of the red cell surface, In: Garratty G, ed. Applications of molecular biology to blood transfusion medicine. Bethesda, MD: American Association of Blood Banks, 1997:17-49.
  10. Daniels GL (personal communication).
  11. Fukumori Y, Hori Y, Ohnoki S, et al. Further analysis of Del (D-elute) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and RHD gene-specific primers. Transfus Med 1997;3:227-31.10.1046/j.1365-3148.1997.d01-31.x9316224
  12. Smythe JS, Avent ND, Judson PA, Parsons Sp Martin PG, Anstee DJ. Expression of RHD and RHCE gene products using retroviral transduction of K562 cells establishes the molecular basis of Rh blood group antigens. Blood 1996;87:2968-73.10.1182/blood.V87.7.2968.bloodjournal8772968
  13. Ridgwell K, Spurr NK, Laguda B, MacGeoch C,Avent ND,Tanner MJ. Isolation of cDNA ck>hes for a 50 kDa glycoprotein of the human erythrocyte membrane associated with Rh (rhesus) blood-group antigen expression. Biochem J 1992;287:223-8.10.1042/bj287022311331471417776
  14. Cherif-Zahar B, Raynal V, Gane P, et al. Candidate gene acting as a suppressor of the Rh locus in most cases of Rh-deficiency. Nat Genet 1996;12:168-73.10.1038/ng0296-168
  15. Issitt PD. Applied blood group serology. 3rd ed. Miami, FL: Montgomery Scientific Publications, 1985:262-4.
  16. Beckmann R, Smythe J, Anstee DJ, Tanner MJA. Functional cell surface expression of band 3, the human red cell anion exchange protein (AEl), in K562 erythroleukemia cells: band 3 enhances the cell surface expression of Rh antigens. Blood 1998; 92:4428-38.10.1182/blood.V92.11.4428
  17. Marini A-M, Urrestarazu A, Beauwens R, André B. The Rh (rhesus) blood group polypeptides are related to NH4÷ transporters. Trends in Biochem Sci 1997; 22:460-1.10.1016/S0968-0004(97)01132-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2019-605 | Journal eISSN: 1930-3955 | Journal ISSN: 0894-203X
Language: English
Page range: 2 - 4
Published on: Oct 26, 2020
Published by: American National Red Cross
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2020 D.J. Anstee, published by American National Red Cross
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.