To detect protein antigens on apoptotic cells, cell membranes were labeled with D-Biotinyl-E-amidocaproic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (Pierce Chemical Co.) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Western blot analysis was performed as described previously (12 (link)) and developed using an ECL kit (Amersham Biosciences) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The cells were incubated with 20% NHS or HGS, washed, and immunoprecipitated with rabbit IgG anti–human IgM adsorbed to protein G beads. Immunoprecipitated proteins were resolved by SDS-PAGE and detected by immunoblotting with streptavidin as described previously (12 (link)). Detection of ribosomal protein P0 (14 (link)) was used as a loading control.