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J Autoimmun ; 52: 139-45, 2014 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24373505

RESUMO

Double-seronegative myasthenia gravis (dSN-MG, without detectable AChR and MuSK antibodies) presents a serious gap in MG diagnosis and understanding. Recently, autoantibodies against the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4) have been identified in several dSN-MG sera, but with dramatic frequency variation (∼2-50%). We have developed a cell based assay (CBA) based on human LRP4 expressing HEK293 cells, for the reliable and efficient detection of LRP4 antibodies. We have screened about 800 MG patient sera from 10 countries for LRP4 antibodies. The overall frequency of LRP4-MG in the dSN-MG group (635 patients) was 18.7% but with variations among different populations (range 7-32.7%). Interestingly, we also identified double positive sera: 8/107 anti-AChR positive and 10/67 anti-MuSK positive sera also had detectable LRP4 antibodies, predominantly originating from only two of the participating groups. No LRP4 antibodies were identified in sera from 56 healthy controls tested, while 4/110 from patients with other neuroimmune diseases were positive. The clinical data, when available, for the LRP4-MG patients were then studied. At disease onset symptoms were mild (81% had MGFA grade I or II), with some identified thymic changes (32% hyperplasia, none with thymoma). On the other hand, double positive patients (AChR/LRP4-MG and MuSK/LRP4-MG) had more severe symptoms at onset compared with any single positive MG subgroup. Contrary to MuSK-MG, 27% of ocular dSN-MG patients were LRP4 antibody positive. Similarly, contrary to MuSK antibodies, which are predominantly of the IgG4 subtype, LRP4 antibodies were predominantly of the IgG1 and IgG2 subtypes. The prevalence was higher in women than in men (female/male ratio 2.5/1), with an average disease onset at ages 33.4 for females and 41.9 for males. Overall, the response of LRP4-MG patients to treatment was similar to published responses of AChR-MG rather than to MuSK-MG patients.


Assuntos
Proteínas Relacionadas a Receptor de LDL/imunologia , Miastenia Gravis/epidemiologia , Miastenia Gravis/imunologia , Testes Sorológicos/métodos , Timo/patologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idade de Início , Idoso , Autoanticorpos/sangue , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Hiperplasia , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Cooperação Internacional , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Miastenia Gravis/diagnóstico , Receptores Proteína Tirosina Quinases/imunologia , Receptores Colinérgicos/imunologia , Fatores Sexuais , Adulto Jovem
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J Neuroimmunol ; 292: 108-15, 2016 Mar 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26943968

RESUMO

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease caused by antibodies targeting the neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscles. Triple-seronegative MG (tSN-MG, without detectable AChR, MuSK and LRP4 antibodies), which accounts for ~10% of MG patients, presents a serious gap in MG diagnosis and complicates differential diagnosis of similar disorders. Several AChR antibody positive patients (AChR-MG) also have antibodies against titin, usually detected by ELISA. We have developed a very sensitive radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) for titin antibodies, by which many previously negative samples were found positive, including several from tSN-MG patients. The validity of the RIPA results was confirmed by western blots. Using this RIPA we screened 667 MG sera from 13 countries; as expected, AChR-MG patients had the highest frequency of titin antibodies (40.9%), while MuSK-MG and LRP4-MG patients were positive in 14.6% and 16.4% respectively. Most importantly, 13.4% (50/372) of the tSN-MG patients were also titin antibody positive. None of the 121 healthy controls or the 90 myopathy patients, and only 3.6% (7/193) of other neurological disease patients were positive. We thus propose that the present titin antibody RIPA is a useful tool for serological MG diagnosis of tSN patients.


Assuntos
Autoanticorpos/sangue , Conectina/imunologia , Miastenia Gravis/sangue , Miastenia Gravis/diagnóstico , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Feminino , Humanos , Cooperação Internacional , Proteínas Relacionadas a Receptor de LDL/imunologia , Masculino , Miastenia Gravis/epidemiologia , Ensaio de Radioimunoprecipitação , Receptores Proteína Tirosina Quinases/imunologia , Receptores Colinérgicos/imunologia
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J Neuroimmunol ; 284: 10-7, 2015 Jul 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26025053

RESUMO

Seronegative myasthenia gravis (MG) presents a serious gap in MG diagnosis and understanding. We applied a cell based assay (CBA) for the detection of muscle specific kinase (MuSK) antibodies undetectable by radioimmunoassay. We tested 633 triple-seronegative MG patients' sera from 13 countries, detecting 13% as positive. MuSK antibodies were found, at significantly lower frequencies, in 1.9% of healthy controls and 5.1% of other neuroimmune disease patients, including multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica. The clinical data of the newly diagnosed MuSK-MG patients are presented. 27% of ocular seronegative patients were MuSK antibody positive. Moreover, 23% had thymic hyperplasia suggesting that thymic abnormalities are more common than believed.


Assuntos
Autoanticorpos/sangue , Miastenia Gravis/sangue , Miastenia Gravis/diagnóstico , Receptores Proteína Tirosina Quinases/imunologia , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Citometria de Fluxo , Humanos , Cooperação Internacional , Proteínas Relacionadas a Receptor de LDL/imunologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Miastenia Gravis/patologia , Neuromielite Óptica/diagnóstico , Radioimunoensaio , Receptores Colinérgicos/imunologia , Timo/patologia , Hiperplasia do Timo/diagnóstico
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Phys Rev Lett ; 84(15): 3402-5, 2000 Apr 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11019100

RESUMO

Aging, commonly observed in glasses, is a manifestation of breakdown of time-translational invariance. Here we demonstrate experimentally aging effects in the electronic system of an Anderson insulator. The aging phenomenon in the electron glass appears to be much less sensitive to temperature than in other systems. The differences in the behavior of the electron glass and a spin glass system are discussed in terms of some microscopic differences between the two systems.

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Phys Rev B Condens Matter ; 54(19): 13604-13610, 1996 Nov 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9985272
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