title: Seric and local antibodies against a synthetic peptide of HPV16.
abstract: An ELISA method was used to detect IgG and IgA directed against a synthetic peptide derived from the E2 ORF of the human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 in sera and in cervico-vaginal secretions from 20 women without evidence of HPV infection and from 41 women with histological diagnosis of HPV infection. The proportion of IgA positive sera (63.4% in the case-group vs. 20.0% in the control-group) and secretions (48.8% in the case-group vs. 15.0% in the control-group) was significantly higher in women with HPV infection and seemed to increase with the severity of the cervical lesion. Such a difference was not found for specific IgG. Comparing, for each patient, the antibody level in the serum and in the secretions, we found that the amount of IgA was at mean 2.4 times higher in the sera than in the secretions.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique I, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dreyfus
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Baldauf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Obert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D014621:Vagina / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G