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Antibodies in oligoclonal immunoglobulins in CSF from patients with acute cerebrovascular disease
Author(s) -
Roström Björn,
Link Hans,
Norrby Erling
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1981.tb04402.x
Subject(s) - subacute sclerosing panencephalitis , myelin basic protein , isoelectric focusing , antibody , polyclonal antibodies , measles virus , immunology , multiple sclerosis , immunofixation , herpes simplex virus , medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , rubella , virology , myelin , virus , measles , biology , pathology , central nervous system , monoclonal antibody , monoclonal , biochemistry , vaccination , enzyme
Thin‐layer polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing (PAG IEF) of CSF and serum, and subsequent immunofixation with viral antigens and structural brain components followed by autoradiography revealed in eight out of nine selected patients with oligoclonal CSF IgG and cerebrovascular disease local synthesis within the CNS of antibodies against one or more of the viruses tested: six patients against measles, five against herpes simplex virus type 1, and two against varicella virus. This finding may reflect a polyclonal B cell activation secondary to brain damage and elaboration of certain structural brain components. None of the patients had local synthesis of antibodies against the other viruses tested (mumps, rubella and cytomegalovirus), or against structural brain components (crude saline, lipid‐proteolipid, myelin basic protein extracts from human brain and purified bovine myelin basic protein).