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Anti-neuroblastoma cell line antibodies in inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: inhibition in vitro and in vivo by IV immunoglobulin.

We tested serum from 48 patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome and 42 with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) against a selected neuroblastoma cell line ( NBL 108cc15). Forty-two percent of the patients showed a positive immunofluorescence test against the NBL 108cc15. These antibodies were mainly of the IgM-class; they disappeared in all seven CIDP patients retested after improvement following intravenous IgG treatment (IV-IgG) and were present in only 5% of serum from patients with other disorders. Absorption studies showed a partial homology between the NBL 108cc15 and human sciatic nerve. In vitro studies showed that IgG from pooled normal donors (IV-IgG) inhibits the reaction between serum from a CIDP patient and the NBL cell line. This inhibition may be due to neutralization of autoantibodies against nervous tissue by anti-idiotypic antibodies in IV-IgG.[1]

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  1. Anti-neuroblastoma cell line antibodies in inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: inhibition in vitro and in vivo by IV immunoglobulin. van Doorn, P.A., Brand, A., Vermeulen, M. Neurology (1988) [Pubmed]
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