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Which of the following is an incorrect comparison?
a. monoclonal ab preps each have a single specificity for one epitope of an antigen, while polyclonal abs result from immunization or a prior infection
b. SHIG is to HISG as monoclonal is to polyclonal
c. most monoclonal ab preps come from human cells, while most polyclonal ab preps come from a hybridoma of 2 mouse cells.
d. an example of a polyclonal ab prep is RhoGam, while an example of a monoclonal ab prep is an anti-CD3 prep to prevent transplant rejection.
What is c. Polyclonal ab preps come from humans and monoclonal preps originate from the fusion of a mouse speen plasma cell and a mouse myeloma cell. Monoclonals tend to be 90-95% humanized/chimeric, but the variable regions contain original mouse aa sequences.