Anti-Kg antibodies induce monocyte phagocytosis of the red blood cells

Transfusion. 2021 Oct;61(10):3050-3051. doi: 10.1111/trf.16651.

Authors

Mitsunobu Tanaka¹, Toshihiro Horikawa¹, Tomoko Kusumi¹, Hidemi Tateyama¹, Takafumi Kimura¹, Yoshihiro Fujimura¹, Fumiya Hirayama¹, Yoshihiko Tani², Yoshihiro Takihara¹

Affiliations

¹ Japanese Red Cross Kinki Block Blood Center, Osaka, Japan.
² Japanese Red Cross Central Blood Institute, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 34605560
DOI: 10.1111/trf.16651

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Antibodies / immunology*
Erythrocytes / immunology*
Humans
Isoantigens / immunology*
Monocytes / immunology*
Phagocytosis*

Substances

Antibodies
Isoantigens
Kg, red cell antigen