title: CSF immune complexes in multiple sclerosis.
abstract: Immune complexes from the CSF of 12 individuals (6 with exacerbations of MS and 6 with other neurologic or psychiatric disease) were isolated and characterized. Three MS patients had complexed herpes simplex type I viral antigen and antibody; three patients had complexed myelin basic protein. Two MS patients and one with hypoxic encephalopathy had complexed antibody directed against brain glycolipids. CSF complexes were distinct from serum complexes, suggesting intrathecal origin. Reactivation of latent brain virus may play a role in exacerbations of MS.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Coyle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology*; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein