PMID- 7988949 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19950106 LR - 20180216 IS - 0301-0147 (Print) IS - 0301-0147 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 3 DP - 1994 May-Jun TI - Experimental models for antiphospholipid studies. PG - 204-7 AB - Three types of Experimental Animal Models have been used to investigate APA. 1) Passive transfer of APA to nocive mice. Branch et al injected pregnant Balb/c mice with purified IgG APA from patients with recurrent fetal loss. 2) Active immunization with APA. Backimer et al immunized Balb/c mice with a human monoclonal APA carrying the pathogenic idiotypes. 3) Immunization with beta 2 glycoprotein I (beta 2 GPI) (APA cofactor). Using affinity chromatography, we separated two distinct populations of antibodies. One was specific for beta 2GPI without binding to PL. Another population had a dual specificity for PL and beta 2GPI. FAU - Gharavi, A E AU - Gharavi AE AD - LSU Medical Center, New Orleans 70112. FAU - Aron, A L AU - Aron AL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Switzerland TA - Haemostasis JT - Haemostasis JID - 0371574 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Antiphospholipid) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin Idiotypes) RN - 0 (Phospholipids) RN - 0 (beta 2-Glycoprotein I) SB - IM GS - lpr MH - Abortion, Habitual/blood/etiology/immunology MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Antiphospholipid/*immunology MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology MH - Antiphospholipid Syndrome/complications/immunology MH - Autoimmune Diseases/complications/immunology MH - Chromatography, Affinity MH - *Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Fetal Resorption/immunology MH - Glycoproteins/immunology MH - Immunization, Passive MH - Immunoglobulin G/immunology MH - Immunoglobulin Idiotypes/immunology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Inbred NZB MH - Phospholipids/immunology MH - Pregnancy MH - Rabbits MH - Vaccination MH - beta 2-Glycoprotein I EDAT- 1994/05/01 00:00 MHDA- 1994/05/01 00:01 CRDT- 1994/05/01 00:00 PHST- 1994/05/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/05/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/05/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1159/000217102 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Haemostasis. 1994 May-Jun;24(3):204-7. doi: 10.1159/000217102.