title: Autoantibodies sequencing may help to understand the physiopathology of some monoclonal lymphoid proliferations and autoimmune diseases.
abstract: Nucleotide sequences of variable regions of autoantibodies may help to understand the origin of B cells secreting autoantibodies, both in the context of monoclonal lymphoid proliferations and polyclonal autoimmune diseases. We established the nucleotide sequence of variable genes of four monoclonal IgM secreted by lymphoplasmacytic proliferations and directed to myelin-associated glycoprotein, of five anti-lamin B autoantibodies in patients with a lupus like vasculitis, and of one monoclonal IgM secreted in a chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient and directed to the cardiolipin/beta 2 glycoprotein I complex. A selection process (antigen-driven?) was probably implicated in the origin of autoantibodies in the first two situations although a random process occurred in the last one.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunopathology, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mariette
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsapis
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Brouet
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000235:genetics*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001323:Autoantibodies