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												Identification of Cerebral Infarction-Specific Antibody Markers from Autoantibodies Detected in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 						
Author(s): Ken-ichiro  Goto, Takao  Sugiyama, Ryutaro  Matsumura, Xiao-Meng  Zhang, Risa  Kimura, Akiko  Taira, Emiko  Arita, Katsuro  Iwase, Eiichi  Kobayashi, Yasuo  Iwadate, Naokatsu  Saeki, Masahiro  Mori, Akiyuki  Uzawa, Mayumi  Muto, Satoshi  Kuwabara, Minoru  Takemoto, Kazuki  Kobayashi, Harukiyo  Kawamura, Ryoichi  Ishibashi, Ken-ichi  Sakurai, Masaki  Fujimoto, Koutaro  Yokote, Takashi  Nakayama, Jun-ya  Harada, Yoshio  Kobayashi, Mikiko  Ohno, Hirotoshi  Chin, Eiichiro  Nishi, Toshio  Machida, Yo  Iwata, Seiichiro  Mine, Ikuo  Kamitsukasa, Takeshi  Wada, Akiyo  Aotsuka, Kaoru  Katayama, Yuriko  Kikkawa, Kenro  sunami, Hirotaka  Takizawa, Rika  Nakamura, Go  Tomiyoshi, Natsuko  Shinmen, Hideyuki  Kuroda and Takaki  HiwasaKen-ichiro  Goto, Takao  Sugiyama, Ryutaro  Matsumura, Xiao-Meng  Zhang, Risa  Kimura, Akiko  Taira, Emiko  Arita, Katsuro  Iwase, Eiichi  Kobayashi, Yasuo  Iwadate, Naokatsu  Saeki, Masahiro  Mori, Akiyuki  Uzawa, Mayumi  Muto, Satoshi  Kuwabara, Minoru  Takemoto, Kazuki  Kobayashi, Harukiyo  Kawamura, Ryoichi  Ishibashi, Ken-ichi  Sakurai, Masaki  Fujimoto, Koutaro  Yokote, Takashi  Nakayama, Jun-ya  Harada, Yoshio  Kobayashi, Mikiko  Ohno, Hirotoshi  Chin, Eiichiro  Nishi, Toshio  Machida, Yo  Iwata, Seiichiro  Mine, Ikuo  Kamitsukasa, Takeshi  Wada, Akiyo  Aotsuka, Kaoru  Katayama, Yuriko  Kikkawa, Kenro  sunami, Hirotaka  Takizawa, Rika  Nakamura, Go  Tomiyoshi, Natsuko  Shinmen, Hideyuki  Kuroda and Takaki  Hiwasa             
						
												
				 Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease which may be caused by development of the autoantibodies. On the other hand, SLE is a high-risk group of atherosclerosis, so it is possible that some of autoantibodies in SLE are the result of atherosclerosis-related diseases such as cerebral infarction (CI), cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus (DM).
Methods: The initial screening of autoantibodies was performed using the protein array method. AlphaLISA was used to analyze the serum antibody levels using synthetic polypeptides as antigens.
Results: After the initial screening using protein array, we identified 67 antigens that were recognized by IgG antibodies in sera of patients with SLE. In the second screening, 170 peptides derived from amino acid sequences of 67 antigens were.. Read More»
				  
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												 10.4172/2155-9929.1000219 
																	  
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