Autoantibody to gravin is expressed more strongly in younger and nonthymomatous patients with myasthenia gravis

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1036-1037

  Sasaki, Hidefumi ^a   Kunimatsu, Mitoshi ^a   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a   Yamakawa, Yosuke ^a   Fukai, Ichiro ^a   Kiriyama, Masanobu ^a   Nonaka, Masaru ^a   Sasaki, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Gravin; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CELL ANTIGEN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GRAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0035214877     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950170020     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Restricted endothelial cell expression of gravin in vivo
2. Molecular cloning and preliminary characterization of a novel cytoplasmic antigen recognized by myasthenia gravis sera
3. Changes of gene expression by lyphosphatidylcholine in vascular endothelial cells: 12 Up-regulated distinct genes including 5 cell growth-related, 3 thrombosis related, and 4 others
4. Extended thymectomy for myasthenia gravis patients: A 20-year review
5. Gravin, an autoantigen recognized by serum from myasthenia gravis patients, is a kinase scaffold protein