Anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein antibody in sera from patients with demyelinating diseases.

Autor(es): Sato S,Baba H,Inuzuka T,Miyatake T


Resumo: An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for quantitating anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) IgM antibody in human sera. Absorbance values of anti-MAG antibody were higher than 0.2 at 1:80 of serum dilution in sera from some patients with demyelinating diseases of the central or peripheral nervous systems including multiple sclerosis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic relapsing polyradiculoneuritis and carcinomatous polyneuropathy and also some patients with autoimmune diseases such as collagen diseases and myasthenia gravis. However, absorbance values of anti-MAG antibody in sera from control individuals and patients with some other neurological diseases were less than 0.2 and considered as negative. Because of the reported existence of a cross antigenicity between MAG and lymphocyte, and especially natural killer cells, the possibility of the functional importance of anti-MAG antibody on cellular immunity is discussed with particular reference to the demyelinating diseases.


Imprenta: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, v. 74, n. 2, p. 115-120, 1986


Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1986.tb04636.x


Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cell ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Pathogenesis ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Proteins ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Antibodies ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Viral infections ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Immunology


Data de publicação: 1986