Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9415922 | Brain Research | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We investigated the localization of GalNAc-GD1a biochemically in the human and bovine peripheral nervous system (PNS). The high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC)-overlay method with rabbit IgG polyclonal antibody against GalNAc-GD1a (anti-GalNAc-GD1a antibody) revealed expression of GalNAc-GD1a in the ventral spinal nerve roots (VRs) but not in the dorsal spinal nerve roots (DRs) of both species. The amount of GalNAc-GD1a in the human and bovine VRs was 2.22 ± 0.35 μg/g wet tissue and 7.71 ± 0.49 μg/g wet tissue, respectively. These results suggest that IgG anti-GalNAc-GD1a antibody may be involved in disturbance of peripheral motor nerves and in the pathogenesis of pure motor neuropathy.
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Authors
Hiide Yoshino, Iku Utsunomiya, Kyoji Taguchi, Toshio Ariga, Takumi Nagaoka, Hiroyuki Aoyagi, Atsuko Asano, Mitsunori Yamada, Tadashi Miyatake,