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Serum IgG repertoire in clinically isolated syndrome predicts multiple sclerosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19299435     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: We previously showed that serum IgG repertoires distinguished multiple sclerosis (MS) patients from healthy subjects and from patients with other inflammatory neurological diseases (OIND). We questioned whether the serum IgG repertoire of patients presenting a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) could predict MS. METHODS: The global IgG immune responses against brain antigens in sera from 50 CIS patients were evaluated by immunoblotting. The IgG reactivities were compared with those from MS sera (n = 82), healthy sera (n = 27), and sera from OIND (n = 42). A linear discriminant analysis (LDA) defined a score for each individual. RESULTS: About 78% of scores obtained from CIS patients were located in the "MS area." During the follow-up (3.5 +/- 1.3 years), 28 patients fulfilled the McDonald criteria for MS, 15 patients remained CIS, and 7 patients developed OIND. Among the patients with an LDA score in the "MS area," 61.5% converted to MS. DISCUSSION: Our results suggest that a pathological distortion of the self-reactive IgG repertoire occurs early so that immunomodulating treatment should be started as early as possible; they also highlight the early involvement of B cells in the physiopathological process in MS.
Authors:
H Zéphir; D Lefranc; S Dubucquoi; J de Seze; L Boron; L Prin; P Vermersch
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-03-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1352-4585     ISO Abbreviation:  Mult. Scler.     Publication Date:  2009 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-04-24     Completed Date:  2009-07-24     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9509185     Medline TA:  Mult Scler     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  593-600     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Pôle Neurologique, Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France; Laboratoire d'Immunologie, EA 2686, Université de Lille II, Lille, France. h-zephir@chru-lille.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antibody Specificity
B-Lymphocytes / immunology*
Biological Markers / blood*
Brain / immunology
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood*
Male
Multiple Sclerosis / epidemiology*,  immunology*
Nerve Tissue Proteins / immunology
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Factors
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Biological Markers; 0/Immunoglobulin G; 0/Nerve Tissue Proteins

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