IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE PRESENCE OF NEURON-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES IN THE CSF OF PARKINSONS-DISEASE CASES
IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE PRESENCE OF NEURON-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES IN THE CSF OF PARKINSONS-DISEASE CASES
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00973287
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发表时间:
1988-07-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
DAHLSTROM, A
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作者:
MCRAEDEGUEURCE, A;ROSENGREN, L;DAHLSTROM, A
The CSF and sera of 7 patients with Parkinson''s disease were investigated immunocytochemically, in order to see if antibodies were present which recognized DA-ergic cell bodies in glutaraldehyde fixed rat brain. In 2 patients a marked labeling of DA-ergic neurons in the substantia nigra was observed, identfied by anti-DA antiserum and by 6-OHDA induced degeneration, but also other neurons in the ventral mesencephalon were recognized. The other patients were weakly positive or negative. Sera gave unspecific labelling of all neurons. In one patient the sub-classes of IgG were investigated and found to be of IgG3 (labeling nerve terminals) and of IgG1-2, low affinity type (recognizing perikarya). The epitopes recognized have not been identified, but are unlikely to be DA-like, since blocking experiments and ELISA-tests gave negative results. The possible clinical importance of the results are discussed.