title: Antibodies to chondroitin sulfates A, B, and C: clinico-pathological correlates in neurological diseases.
abstract: Anti-chondroitin sulfates (ChSs) antibodies have been reported in neuropathy and neurodegenerative diseases. Differences in specificities may account for their association with different diseases. Sera from 303 neurological patients were tested for antibodies to ChSs A, B, C. Titers >/=51,200 were found in 16 patients (eight peripheral neuropathy, three motor neuron disease, four multiple sclerosis, one myelitis). Three patients also had anti-sulfatides antibodies, which in two cases cross-reacted with ChSs. By indirect immunofluorescence, positive sera stained nuclei on normal human peripheral nerve sections. These findings indicate that human anti-ChSs antibodies are broadly reactive and not specific to any neurological disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Columbia University, Black Bldg. 3-323, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. chiarab@ux1.unipd.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Briani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Latov
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions / Q000276:immunology; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D016472:Motor Neuron Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D009187:Myelitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013433:Sulfoglycosphingolipids / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007106:Immune Sera; D013433:Sulfoglycosphingolipids; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates