Wassermann antigen

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It should be noted, fast of all, that in all these fixation procedures, we can substitute, for bacterial bodies the extracts of these substances or toxins, as antigen. Thus tuberculin permits the examination of the antibodies contained in the serum of tuberculous subjects. Likewise for syphilis, the extracts of syphilitic organs can be used as antigens, and in the presence of the antibodies contained in the serum of infected individuals, will produce the fixation. Since the publication of the work of Wassermann, there have been numerous modifications introduced... 

A number of biologically important compounds or complexes of carbohydrates with lipides and sometimes also with proteins have been found in animal tissues (and some bacteria). The Wassermann antigens and the Forssman antigens apparently are materials of this type. The cerebrosides and gangliosides (Chapter X) might be considered to belong to this group. All appear to contain a hexosamine residue. 

In view of the high incidence of false-positive Wassermann and Kline tests, and also of anticomplementary sera in these patients, Coburn and Moore tested the electrophoretically separated globulin fractions for activity with the Wassermann and Kline antigens. The antibody was found to be chiefly in the 7 fraction, partly in the Pz fraction. 

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