Could antigen loss be a potential mechanism to explain antibody-mediated immune suppression?

Transfusion. 2021 Apr;61(4):1004-1006. doi: 10.1111/trf.16309. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Authors

Yoelys Cruz-Leal^{1

2}, Alan H Lazarus^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 33624837
DOI: 10.1111/trf.16309

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antibody Formation / immunology*
Antigen-Antibody Reactions / immunology
Antigen-Antibody Reactions / physiology
Antigens / immunology*
Erythroblastosis, Fetal / immunology*
Erythrocytes / enzymology
Erythrocytes / immunology
Fetus / immunology
Humans
Immune Tolerance / immunology*
Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects
Infant, Newborn
Phagocytosis / immunology

Substances

Antigens