METHOD OF ALTERING THE BINDING SPECIFICITY OF PLASMA PROTEINS BY OXIDATION-REDUCTION REACTIONS

摘要

The binding specificity of at least one plasma protein suspended or dissolvedin a liquid medium it altered by exposing the protein to an oxidizing agent oran electric current sufficient to alter its binding specificity. A maskedprotein such as an autoantibody can be recovered from blood or blood productsor extracts by oxidizing the protein to change its binding specificity.