ABO/Rh Flashcards
most important antigen group for transfusion and transplant
ABO Blood group
exception when there won’t be rejection
incompatible bone marrow with high immunosuppressive drugs
forward grouping
detect ABO antigen on patient RBCs
reverse grouping
detect ABO antibodies in patient serum
if back typing weak
add additional patient serum and incubate longer at RT
abo antibodies are
naturally occuring
anti-A and anti-B class
IgM
ABO antibodies detectable
3-6 months are birth
Anti-A,B occur naturally in
group O
anti-A, B
predominantly IgG
abo locus
chromsome 9
fucosyltransferase
produces H antigen to type 2 precursor chains
FUT2 produces
soluble H antigen will end up in secretions and body fluids and fixes fucose to type 1 precursor
type 1
B 1-3
type 2
b 1-4
A
N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferase
B
galactosaminyl transferase
AB
N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferase and galactoasminyl transferase
most amount of H
A2
ABH expression complete at
2-4 age
ABH antigens in
body fluids and secretions (secretor trait)
FUT2 modifies type 1 precursor chains to form
soluble H antigen
non secretor
Le a
secretor
Le b