Abstract | BACKGROUND: RESULTS: As compared to controls, MS patients show higher titers of anti-AT1R antibodies, especially in individuals with active disease. In HD, anti-AT1R antibodies are more frequent than in healthy controls or even MS and occur in 37.9% of patients with relevant titers ≥ 20 U/ml. In a correlation analysis with clinical parameters, the presence of AT1R antibodies in the sera of HD individuals inversely correlated with the age of onset and positively with the disease burden score as well as with smoking and infection. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest a dysfunction of the adaptive immune system in HD which may be triggered by different stimuli including autoimmune responses, infection and possibly also smoking.
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Authors | De-Hyung Lee, Harald Heidecke, Alexandra Schröder, Friedemann Paul, Rolf Wachter, Rainer Hoffmann, Gisa Ellrichmann, Duska Dragun, Anne Waschbisch, Johannes Stegbauer, Peter Klotz, Ralf Gold, Ralf Dechend, Dominik N Müller, Carsten Saft, Ralf A Linker |
Journal | Molecular neurodegeneration
(Mol Neurodegener)
Vol. 9
Pg. 49
(Nov 15 2014)
ISSN: 1750-1326 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 25398321
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Autoantibodies
- Autoantigens
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Autoantibodies
(immunology)
- Autoantigens
(immunology)
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Humans
- Huntington Disease
(immunology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
(immunology)
- Young Adult
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