ALLERAND CD, YAHR MD. GAMMA-GLOBULIN AFFINITY FOR NORMAL HUMAN TISSUE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Science 1996;
144:1141-7. [PMID:
14148436 DOI:
10.1126/science.144.3622.1141]
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Abstract
Immunofluorescent staining of the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with and without neurological disease demonstrates an affinity of the gamma-globulin fraction for glial cells and myelin sheaths in normal human nervous tissue. This affinity appears to be specific for the 7S gamma-globulin fraction and is not seen with the other major protein fractions of serum and cerebrospinal fluid or with the fluorescein conjugated antisera alone.
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