| Literature DB >> 14975600 |
M Kakoulidou1, R Ahlberg, Q Yi, R Giscombe, R Pirskanen, A K Lefvert.
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Two pairs of monozygotic twins, discordant for myasthenia gravis (MG) for more than 30 years, were studied regarding T cell and antibody reactivity against disease related autoantigens, the acetylcholine receptor, one idiotypic and one anti-idiotypic human monoclonal antibody. The healthy and myasthenic twins had very similar autoantibody repertoires. IgG fractions from both healthy and myasthenic twins had the same capacity to decrease the free acetylcholine receptor content in mice after passive transfer. In comparison with their myasthenic sisters, the healthy twins had lower T cell responses against the acetylcholine receptor.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 14975600 DOI： 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2003.09.019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuroimmunol ISSN： 0165-5728 Impact factor: 3.478