title: Class and IgG subclass distribution of antibodies against peripheral nerve myelin in sera from patients with inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.
abstract: An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to quantify antibodies against peripheral nerve myelin (PNM) in sera from 90 patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and from 70 patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). Fifty-nine percent of the patients with GBS and 51% of the patients with CIDP had increased levels of anti-PNM antibodies. Antibodies were also found in 0%-14% of sera from patients with other neurological diseases and in 8% of normal blood donors. Mean levels of IgG, IgM and IgA anti-PNM antibodies were increased in sera from patients with GBS, and mean IgG and IgA anti-PNM antibody levels were increased in sera from patients with CIDP when compared with sera from normal blood donors. The mean IgG anti-PNM antibody response observed in patients with GBS or CIDP was dominated by the IgG1 and IgG3 subclasses.
authors: Broegelmann Research Laboratory for Microbiology, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Vedeler
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Matre
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Nyland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000097:blood*; D007142:Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains / Q000097:blood* / Q000145:classification; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D018992:Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007142:Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains; D009185:Myelin Proteins; D018992:Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein