Anti-ADAMTS13 IgG autoantibodies present in healthy individuals share linear epitopes with those in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

• Rana Grillberger,
• Veronica C. Casina,
• Peter L. Turecek,
• X. Long Zheng,
• Hanspeter Rottensteiner,
• Friedrich Scheiflinger

Affiliations

Rana Grillberger

Baxter Innovations GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Veronica C. Casina

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Peter L. Turecek

Baxter Innovations GmbH, Vienna, Austria

X. Long Zheng

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Hanspeter Rottensteiner

Baxter Innovations GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Friedrich Scheiflinger

Baxter Innovations GmbH, Vienna, Austria