Analysis of anti-GM1 ganglioside IgM antibodies cloned from motor neuropathy patients demonstrates diverse V region gene usage with extensive somatic mutation.

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Serum anti-GM1 ganglioside Abs are abnormally elevated in patients with chronic motor neuropathies and Guillain-Barré syndrome. We have cloned six anti-GM1 IgM Abs from PBMCs of five affected patients. VH and VL gene analysis demonstrated substantial somatic mutation, predominantly clustered around VH CDR2 and FR3 in all six Abs. The Abs SM1, DO1, and WO1, isolated from three different patients, are encoded by...

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