title: Acute cytomegalovirus infection and IgM anti-GM2 antibody.
abstract: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) sometimes is preceded by cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. Irie et al. (J. Neuroimmunol. 1996;68:19-26) reported that three patients with GBS subsequent to CMV infection had IgM and IgG anti-GM2 antibodies. In our larger study, the IgMs from the CMV-associated GBS patients showed significantly higher anti-GM2 antibody titers than anti-GM3, anti-GD1a, anti-GD1b, anti-GD2, anti-GD3, anti-GT1b, anti-GQ1b, and anti-SGPG antibody titers. None of the anti-glycosphingolipid antibody titers differed significantly from the others in the IgGs from the CMV-associated GBS patients. However, IgM anti-GM2 antibody frequently was present in GBS patients who were not preceded by CMV infection and non-GBS patients with acute CMV infection. Our results did not support the conclusion of Irie et al. that anti-GM2 antibodies were closely associated with acute CMV infection in GBS, but acute CMV infection, with and without GBS, was associated with IgM anti-GM2 antibody.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan. yuki@dokkyomed.ac.jp
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tagawa
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005678:G(M2) Ganglioside / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D005678:G(M2) Ganglioside