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Trial reportClinical and experimental immunology2021

The prevalence of anti-neurofascin-155 antibodies in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.

Sheng-Hui Chang, Jing Wang, Xu Zhang, Ning Zhao, Kun Jia, Ming Yi, Qiu-Xia Zhang, Hui Zhai, Xiao-Wen Li, Chun-Sheng Yang and 2 more

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Trial report in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sheng-Hui ChangDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5231-2992
Jing WangDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xu ZhangTranslational Neuroscience Center, Graduate School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Okawa, Japan.
Ning ZhaoDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Kun JiaDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Ming YiDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Qiu-Xia ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Hui ZhaiDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xiao-Wen LiDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Chun-Sheng YangDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Li YangDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Lin-Jie ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6100-4115
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital · CNInternational University of Health and Welfare · JPTianjin Huanhu Hospital · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81771363Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City 18JCQNJC81700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-neurofascin-155 (NF155) antibodies have been observed in two cases with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). This study investigated the prevalence of anti-NF155 antibodies in patients with NMOSD and the clinical features of anti-NF155 antibody-positive patients. Sera from 129 patients with NMOSD were screened with anti-NF155 antibodies by cell-based assay (CBA) and re-examined using immunostaining of teased mouse sciatic nerve fibres. Fifty-six patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and 50 healthy controls (HC) were also enrolled for detecting anti-NF155 antibodies. A total of 12.40% (16 of 129) of patients with NMOSD were positive for anti-NF155 antibodies confirmed by both CBA and immunostaining. Immunoglobulin (Ig) G1 was the predominant subclass. However, none of 56 MS patients or 50 HC were positive for anti-NF155 antibodies. Anti-NF155 antibody-positive NMOSD patients had a higher proportion of co-existing with autoimmune diseases (p < 0.001) and higher positive rates of serum non-organ-specific autoantibodies, including anti-SSA antibodies (p < 0.001), anti-SSB antibodies (p = 0.008), anti-Ro-52 antibodies (p < 0.001) and rheumatoid factor (p < 0.001). Five anti-NF155 antibody-positive NMOSD patients who took part in the nerve conduction study showed mildly abnormal results. Differences in some nerve conduction study parameters were observed between anti-NF155 antibody-positive and negative patients. Anti-NF155 antibodies occurred in a small proportion of NMOSD patients. Anti-NF155 antibody-positive NMOSD patients tended to co-exist with autoimmune diseases.

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AutoantibodiesCell Adhesion MoleculesNerve Growth FactorsAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuromyelitis OpticaPrevalenceAutoantibodiesCell Adhesion MoleculesNerve Growth FactorsNFASC protein, humananti-neurofascin-155 antibodiesautoimmune diseasesdemyelinationneuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

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PMID33998675
PMCPMC8446398
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