Aquaporin-4 antibody testing: Direct comparison of M1-AQP4-DNA-transfected cells with leaky scanning versus M23-AQP4-DNA-transfected cells as antigenic substrate

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jarius, Sven ^a,g   Paul, Friedemann ^b   Fechner, Kai ^c   Ruprecht, Klemens ^b   Kleiter, Ingo ^d   Franciotta, Diego ^e   Ringelstein, Marius ^f   Pache, Florence ^b   Aktas, Orhan ^f   Wildemann, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Institute of Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g Otto Meyerhof Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

antibodies to aquaporin 4; antibody testing; cell based assay; Devic syndrome; Devic's syndrome; longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis; M1 aquaporin 4; M23 aquaporin 4; neuromyelitis optica; neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders; NMO IgG; optica neuritis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOPROTEIN; DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ASSAY; CELL BASED ASSAY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROTEIN MICROARRAY;

AQUAPORIN 4; DNA; FEMALE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84904769688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-11-129     Document Type: Article

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