| Literature DB >> 7511893 |
K Sakai1, M Gofuku, Y Kitagawa, T Ogasawara, G Hirose, M Yamazaki, C S Koh, N Yanagisawa, L Steinman.
Abstract
A hippocampal 38 kd autoantigen recognized by an autoantibody from the serum of a patient with paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (PLE) and small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) was isolated by screening a human hippocampal cDNA library. The 1,991-nucleotide ple21 clone was obtained and the deduced 350-residue protein encoded by the ple21 cDNA clone was found to be highly homologous to the neuron-specific RNA recognition motifs (RRMs)-containing proteins. The homologies were confined to the RRMs and the RRM connecting region. The presence of RRM in the antigenic protein may be important in the pathogenesis of SCLC-associated paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7511893 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1994.1358
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575