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Papillary cancer tissue of the thyroid gland removed from each of three patients was homogenized in phosphate buffer followed by centrifugation. Each of three rabbits was immunized with each of the supernatants (TC-1, TC-2, TC-3). These rabbits were immunized on days 0, 7, 14, and 21, and serum from each rabbit, obtained 4 weeks after the first immunization, was examined for the presence of anti-human thyroglobulin (HTg), anti-thyroxine (T4), and anti-triiodothyronine (T3) antibodies. Production of anti-HTg antibodies was observed in all three rabbits. In addition, despite the low content of iodine, T3, and T4 in thyroglobulin that had been purified from the papillary cancer tissues (p-HTg), production of anti-T4 and anti-T3 was observed in two of the three rabbits, and the other immunized with TC-1 showed anti-T4 but no anti-T3 antibodies. The significance of the production of anti-thyroid hormone antibodies in rabbits with respect to the antigenic structure of p-HTg with low content of iodine and thyroid hormone is discussed.
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Sakata, S., Komaki, T., Miura, K. et al. Production of anti-human thyroglobulin and anti-thyroid hormone antibodies in rabbits immunized with homogenate of human papillary cancer tissue. J Protein Chem 5, 51–57 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01025583
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