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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

A Stable Cell Line Expressing Clustered AChR: A Novel Cell-Based Assay for Anti-AChR Antibody Detection in Myasthenia Gravis.

Yu Cai, Lu Han, Desheng Zhu, Jing Peng, Jianping Li, Jie Ding, Jiaying Luo, Ronghua Hong, Kan Wang, Wenbin Wan and 5 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu CaiDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Lu HanDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Desheng ZhuDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Jing PengDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Jianping LiDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Jie DingDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Jiaying LuoDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Ronghua HongDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Kan WangDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Wenbin WanDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Chong XieDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Xiajun ZhouDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Ying ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Yong HaoDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Yangtai GuanDepartment of Neurology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Renji Hospital · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-based assays (CBAs) and radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) are the most sensitive methods for identifying anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody in myasthenia gravis (MG). But CBAs are limited in clinical practice by transient transfection. We established a stable cell line (KL525) expressing clustered AChR by infecting HEK 293T cells with dual lentiviral vectors expressing the genes encoding the human AChR α1, β1, δ, ϵ and the clustering protein rapsyn. We verified the stable expression of human clustered AChR by immunofluorescence, immunoblotting, and real-time PCR. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) was used to detect anti-AChR antibodies in 103 MG patients and 58 healthy individuals. The positive results of MG patients reported by the KL525 was 80.6% (83/103), 29.1% higher than the 51.4% (53/103) of RIPA. 58 healthy individuals tested by both the KL525 CBA and RIPA were all negative. In summary, the stable expression of clustered AChR in our cell line makes it highly sensitive and advantageous for broad clinical application in CBAs.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAutoantibodiesChildFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansLentivirusMaleMiddle AgedMyasthenia GravisReceptors, CholinergicSerologic TestsYoung AdultAutoantibodiesReceptors, Cholinergiccell-based assay (CBA)clustered acetylcholine receptormyasthenia gravisneuromuscular junctionstable cell line

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