The effects of myasthenic immunoglobulins on neuromuscular transmission and thymus histology in mice.

Abstract:

:An autoimmune reaction to the endplate acetylcholine receptor (AChR) is thought to be responsible for the muscular weakness of myasthenia gravis (MG). However, the significance of antithymic antibodies and the thymic AChR-like protein is still uncertain. We transferred immunoglobulins (Igs) from patients with MG to mice. Thymitis was observed in 12 of 14 mice, and miniature endplate potential amplitudes were reduced in 8. Control mice showed none of these abnormalities. Immunofluorescence examination failed to reveal the binding of human IgG, IgM, or IgA to the thymic tissue. Our findings support the hypothesis that antithymic antibodies may alter thymic histology.

journal_name

Neurology

journal_title

Neurology

authors

Dalkara T,Onur R,Ruacan SA,Topaktaş S

doi

10.1212/wnl.33.10.1356

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1983-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1356-9

issue

10

eissn

0028-3878

issn

1526-632X

journal_volume

33

pub_type

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