Crosslinking and gelation between linear polymers: DNA-antibody complexes in systemic lupus erythematosus

Wiegel, Frederik W. and Geurts, Bernard J. and Goldstein, Byron (1987) Crosslinking and gelation between linear polymers: DNA-antibody complexes in systemic lupus erythematosus. Journal of physics A: Mathematical and general, 20 (15). p. 5205. ISSN 0305-4470

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Abstract:	In the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus the DNA molecules of an individual are attacked by its own antibodies. As these antibodies are bivalent they can crosslink different DNA molecules which can lead to the formation of DNA-antibody complexes and gels. Statistical properties of these complexes are derived and evaluated analytically in the limit of very long DNA molecules, as well as the concentrations at which a gel is being formed. The authors also present various numerical results for DNA molecules of intermediate lengths. This work can also be considered as a theory of the crosslinking and gelation of linear polymers
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 1987 Institute of Physics
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Mathematics of Computational Science (MaCS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/60590
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/20/15/034
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