THREE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR HUMAN CLASS II ANTIGENS DETECT RT1B-LINKED POLYMORPHISMS IN RAT B CELLS

SUMMARY Three monoclonal antibodies HU-11, HU-32, and HU-33, which recognize two distinct polymorphic determinants of human class II antigens, were found to cross-react with rat B cells carrying an RT1B region-associated specificity Ba-2.6. This is the first report demonstrating that xenoimmune antibodies raised against polymorphic determinants of human class II antigens are able to detect polymorphic determinants of class II antigens in a third party species.