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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
The B cell response against measles and herpes simplex virus (HSV) was evaluated in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and peripheral blood from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and controls by enumeration of cells secreting anti-measles and anti-HSV antibodies of IgG, IgA and IgM isotypes. We used a nitrocellulose immunospot assay which enables parallel enumeration of numbers of cells secreting total IgG, IgA and IgM. Anti-measles IgG antibody-secreting cells were present in CSF from 21 of 24 MS patients (mean 24 cells/10(4) mononuclear cells), and against HSV in CSF from seven of eight patients (mean 23/10(4) cells). No antibody-secreting cells were detectable in the patients' blood. Ten MS patients examined were negative for cells in CSF and blood producing anti-measles antibodies of IgA and IgM isotypes. Anti-measles IgG antibody secreting cells were also found in CSF from four of 18 controls, and anti-HSV IgG antibody-secreting cells in six of 13, especially in patients with subacute or chronic inflammatory nervous system diseases. Our results confirm that viral antibodies in MS are produced within CSF and that this B cell response is preferentially sequestered to this compartment. Whether this viral B cell response in MS reflects specific activation due to persistence of viral antigens or an epiphenomenon remains to be clarified.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0009-9104
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
390-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Cells producing antibody to measles and herpes simplex virus in cerebrospinal fluid and blood of patients with multiple sclerosis and controls.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't