High titer of antibody to the Epstein-Barr virus membrane antigen in sera from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Sera from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) contained more antibody to the Epstein-Barr virus membrane antigen (EBV MA) than sera from healthy controls. Since antibody titer to EBV MA closely correlates with viral neutralization, it was inferred that these patients were frequently exposed to infectious EBV, producing high titers of neutralizing antibody.
Yokochi
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Department of Microbiology, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
Yanagawa
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Kimura
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Mizushima
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; C037662:EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins