title: Detection of Epstein-Barr virus IgA/EA antibody for diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by immunoautoradiography.
abstract: An immunoautoradiographic method was used for the detection of EB virus IgA/EA antibody in sera from NPC patients and other control groups. Ninety-six percent of NPC patients had IgA/EA antibody with a high titer of GMT. The positive rates of IgA/EA antibody in patients with malignant tumours other than NPC and in normal individuals were only 4% and 0%, respectively. Eleven patients histologically diagnosed as having a chronic inflammation and who showed positive for IgA/EA antibody by immunoautoradiography were rebiopsied; six of them were discovered to have squamous cell carcinoma. Fourteen NPC patients had no IgA/EA antibody detected by immunofluorescence and immunoenzymatic testing, but 11 and six of them had IgA/VCA and IgA/EA antibodies detected by immunoautoradiography, respectively. These data indicate that the immunoautoradiographic method is more sensitive than either the immunofluorescence or immunoenzymatic test for the detection of IgA/EA antibody, and can be used for the detection of NPC in the early stages of development.
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001345:Autoradiography; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis*; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007070:Immunoglobulin A