Abstract
Connolly et al. [Neurology 48 (1997) 243] reported that IgM M-proteins from three
patients selectively binds to an epitope on β-tubulin that consists of amino acids
301 to 314. We therefore investigated whether these 14 amino acid residues β301–314
are the target epitope for serum IgMs in sera from 67 patients with chronic inflammatory
demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), 50 with Guillain-Barré syndrome, 50 with motor
neuron diseases, and 50 normal controls. IgM anti-β301–314 antibodies were not restricted
to nor were selectively associated with CIDP. We conclude that β301–314 is not a target
epitope for serum IgMs in CIDP.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 24,
1998
Received in revised form:
October 9,
1998
Received:
June 15,
1998
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