en Immunology Immunology Original Research: Basic Science in Medicine Original Research: Basic Science in Medicine One of the promising aspects of the immunological research on chemical war gas is to investigate the immunogenicity of some hazardous compounds such as mustard gas. Mustard gas is categorized as a "hapten" based on its physical and chemical properties. Haptenic chemicals which do not possess immunogenicity could be immunogenic experimentally when conjugated with a suitable protein carrier. To do so, mustard gas was coupled to a protein carrier and injected to an animal model (rabbit). After hyperimmunization, specific antibodies were obtained through special purification procedures and used in different immunological tests. It was observed that there are two different groups of antibody populations, one against the haptenic group and the other towards the protein carrier. 293 296 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-482&slc_lang=en&sid=1 R REZAEIPOOR 20031947532846005537 20031947532846005537 Yes From the Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. G BUNGIE POOR 20031947532846005538 20031947532846005538 No