Molecular mimicry in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and melanoma |
| |
Authors: | MD Weiss CA Luciano C Semino-Mora MC Dalakas RH Quarles |
| |
Affiliation: | Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. |
| |
Abstract: | Polyclonal immunoglobulin M antibodies to the monosialoganglioside GM2, sulfoglucuronyl glycolipids, and sulfatide were detected by thin-layer chromatography and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the serum of a patient with melanoma and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Both the patient's serum and polyclonal antibodies against GM2 reacted strongly with a biopsy of melanomatous tissue from the patient, suggesting a process of molecular mimicry. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|