They are populated largely by T cells, which are presented with blood borne antigens by myeloid dendritic cells.
After returning from the US, Woodruff experimented with the effects of cortisone and the impact of blood antigen on rejection.
As part of his blood antigen studies, Woodruff found two volunteers with identical blood antigens and arranged for them to exchange skin grafts.
In order to be a bone marrow donor, all six blood antigens must match exactly.
One way this can occur is if a person without a Kidd blood antigen receives a Kidd antigen in a transfusion .
You have a blood antigen and line of descent that makes you one of the few people in the world who can become one of them.
They also share a rare blood antigen.
And the blood antigen known as belladonna.
These antigens were an early discovery and are some of the oldest blood antigens known after the ABO system.
These viral-carried human blood antigens may be responsible for priming newborns into producing neutralizing antibodies against foreign blood antigens.