Erythrocyte Antigens and Tolerance Phenomena

Abstract

The antigens of red blood cells have some advantages for studies of immune phenomena, deriving mainly from the diverse tests that may be applied to the detection of antibody populations with differing activities, and the ease with which antibodies of different specificities may be separated by the technique of antibody absorption. My brief discussion here will not attempt to survey all of the erythrocyte studies that may have bearing on tolerance phenomena, but will be largely a personal history of investigations that have not been adequately described in previous publications.