Are ERM (ezrin/radixin/moesin) proteins targets for autoantibodies in demyelinating neuropathies?
Autor(es): Miyaji Kazuki,Shahrizaila Nortina,Umapathi Thirugnanam,Chan Yee-Cheun,Hirata Koichi,Yuki Nobuhiro
Resumo: Ezrin, radixin and moesin, which are strongly expressed in the Schwann cell microvilli, are putative targets for autoantibodies in acute or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP or CIDP). An association between anti-moesin IgG antibodies and cytomegalovirus-related AIDP has been postulated. None of 41 AIDP patients, including 8 cytomegalovirus-related AIDP patients, and 23 CIDP had IgG or IgM antibodies to ezrin, radixin and moesin; whereas, one patient with cytomegalovirus-related AIDP had anti-ezrin IgM antibodies. Ezrin, radixin and moesin are unlikely targets for autoantibodies in AIDP and CIDP, and the association of anti-moesin antibodies with cytomegalovirus-related AIDP was not confirmed.
Palavras-Chave: Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies, Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies, Ezrin, Moesin, Radixin
Imprenta: Human Immunology, v. 75, n. 11, p. 1089-1091, 2014
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1016/j.humimm.2014.09.010
Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Biosynthesis ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cell ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cytopathology ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Pathogenesis ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Proteins ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Antibodies ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Immunology
Data de publicação: 2014
