2005
Antibodies from Inflamed Central Nervous System Tissue Recognize Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein
O’Connor K, Appel H, Bregoli L, Call ME, Catz I, Chan JA, Moore NH, Warren KG, Wong SJ, Hafler DA, Wucherpfennig KW. Antibodies from Inflamed Central Nervous System Tissue Recognize Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein. The Journal Of Immunology 2005, 175: 1974-1982. PMID: 16034142, PMCID: PMC4515951, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.3.1974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAutoantibodiesBinding Sites, AntibodyCentral Nervous SystemDemyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNSFemaleFluoroimmunoassayHumansMaleMolecular Sequence DataMultiple SclerosisMyelin ProteinsMyelin-Associated GlycoproteinMyelin-Oligodendrocyte GlycoproteinRadioimmunoassaySolutionsConceptsMyelin oligodendrocyte glycoproteinMultiple sclerosisCNS diseaseOligodendrocyte glycoproteinCNS tissueChronic inflammatory CNS diseasesAutoantibody-mediated pathologyInflammatory CNS diseasesCentral nervous system tissueInflammatory CNS diseaseCases of encephalitisHigh-affinity autoantibodiesCases of subacuteNervous system tissueCNS parenchymaMOG autoantibodiesMS patientsOligodendrocyte lossMOG-AbCNS diseasesAutoantibodiesCerebrospinal fluidMOG proteinPostmortem casesControl tissues
2003
Myelin basic protein-reactive autoantibodies in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients are characterized by low-affinity interactions
O'Connor KC, Chitnis T, Griffin DE, Piyasirisilp S, Bar-Or A, Khoury S, Wucherpfennig KW, Hafler DA. Myelin basic protein-reactive autoantibodies in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients are characterized by low-affinity interactions. Journal Of Neuroimmunology 2003, 136: 140-148. PMID: 12620653, DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(03)00002-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyelin basic proteinMultiple sclerosisCerebrospinal fluidSoluble myelin basic proteinSemple rabies vaccinePresence of autoantibodiesMultiple sclerosis patientsSera of patientsFraction of patientsAnti-MBP antibodiesHigh-affinity autoantibodiesBasic proteinMBP autoantibodiesRelevant autoantibodiesMS patientsSclerosis patientsAutoimmune diseasesHumoral responseRabies vaccineAutoantibodiesPatientsImmunodominant antigensSerumDiseaseSolid-phase assays