immune system
• double mutants do not produce alpha-Gal-reactive natural antibodies; Ggta1-null and double mutants given anti alpha-Gal serumproduce similar levels of BSA-specific IgG antibodies after alpha-Gal immunization, indicating that complement receptors are not required to produce increased carrier immunogenicity
• elevated BSA immunogenicity in mutants is directly related to alpha-Gal specific antibodies
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