At 19:19 5/20/99 -0700, F. Hayashi wrote:
>I'm sure that antibodies CAN be anti-idiotype, but I wonder about the
>biological significance of it....
>>Is anyone aware of any published research that shows significance of
>anti-idiotype antibodies?
An interesting question... to that end: also, I'd like to extend the
question to cover "catalytic antibodies"...
I've seen only a handful of papers spread out over the last 3-4 years and
have wondered the same thing.
David
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