| Literature DB >> 6983566 |
T Kitahara, K Okumura, A Semba, A Yamaura, H Makino.
Abstract
The genetic and immunologic abnormalities associated with the pathogenesis of moya-moya were assessed in 23, 13 children and 10 adults with angiographically diagnosed moya-moya. In HLA-A, -B, -C stereotyping, an association was found of AW24, BW46, and BW54 with relative risks of 3.83, 6.50, and 3.58 respectively. Natural T cell toxic autoantibody was detected by FACS analysis in sera from five out of 23 patients. Millipore filter assay for autoantibody against double-stranded DNA revealed higher than normal binding in sera from four out of 18 patients. Anti-vessel antibody which might be responsible for vascular change associated with moya-moya was not detected in any of the 23 patients studied. Significant association of the disease with certain HLA types, in addition to the presence of natural T cell toxic autoantibody and anti-double-stranded DNA antibody in patients' sera, supports the theory that genetic and immunologic disturbances may underly the pathogenesis of moya-moya.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID： 6983566 PMCID： PMC491644 DOI： 10.1136/jnnp.45.11.1048
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ISSN： 0022-3050 Impact factor: 10.154