Forssman's antigen

Japanese: Forssman's antigen(英語表記)Forssmansantigen
Forssman's antigen

...The sugar chains of glycolipids often have antigenicity (antigens). For example, Forssman's antigen, a common antigen in sheep red blood cells and guinea pig organs, is a glycolipid with the structure shown in Figure 2, and its antigenic determinant is the terminal N -acetylgalactosamine. Recently, glycolipids have also begun to attract interest as tumor-specific antigens. ...

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Japanese:

…糖脂質の糖鎖は抗原性をもつことが多い(抗原)。たとえば,ヒツジ赤血球とモルモット臓器の共通抗原であるフォルスマン抗原Forssman’s antigenは図2に示した構造をもつ糖脂質で,その抗原決定基は末端のN‐アセチルガラクトサミンである。最近では糖脂質は腫瘍特異抗原としても興味をもたれはじめている。…

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