Article
Autoimmunity to ryanodine receptor and titin in myasthenia gravis is associated with GM allotypes.
Autoimmunity - 1 Jan 1997
Skeie G O, Pandey J P, Aarli J A, Gilhus N E
Abstract excerpt
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is mediated by autoantibodies against the acetylcholine receptor at the muscle endplate. Some MG patients have in addition antibodies (Ab) to the skeletal muscle proteins ryanodine receptor (RyR) and titin. We have examined GM and KM allotypes, RyR and titin Ab in 44 MG pat...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Autoantibodies
- Blotting, Western
- Calmodulin-Binding Proteins
- Carrier Proteins
- Connectin
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Germany
- Haplotypes
- Hemagglutination Tests
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Gm Allotypes
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Middle Aged
- Muscle Proteins
