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Kostrikina IA ◽  
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Granieri E ◽  
Nevinsky GA ◽  
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is known as a chronic demyelinating pathology of the central nervous system. The most accepted MS pathogenesis theory assigns the main role to demyelination of myelin-proteolipid shells due to inflammationrelated with autoimmune reactions. One of the features of MS patients is the enhanced synthesis of oligoclonal IgGs in the bone marrow Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF). By antigen-specific immunoblotting after isoelectrofocusing of IgGs, oligoclonal IgGs in CSF of MS patients were revealed only against the components of Epstein-Barr virus and Chlamydia. However, there was still unknown to which human auto-antigens in MS patients oligoclonal IgGs may be produced. Here it was first shown that in the CSF of a narrow percentage of MS patients, oligoclonal IgGs are produced against their own antigens: DNA (24% patients), histones (20%), and myelin basic protein (12%). At the same time, the CSF of MS patients contains a very large amount of auto-IgGs-abzymes that hydrolyze DNA, histones, and myelin basic protein, which during isofocusing, are distributed throughout the gel from pH 3 to 10. It is concluded that these multiple IgGs-abzymes, which are dangerous to humans since stimulate development of MS, in the main are non-oligoclonal antibodies.


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Dias VC ◽  
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Silva VL ◽  
Diniz CG ◽  
Ferreira-Machado AB ◽  
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Since December 2019, COVID-19 has become major global public health problem. The understanding of SARS-CoV-2, especially the effect on pregnant women and neonates, is still not fully elucidated. This report case describes a pregnant with COVID-19 and rubella. SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid was not detected in the neonate just after birth, indicating that there was not vertical transmission. Although anti-SARS-CoV-2 Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody and anti-Rubella Virus IgG antibody were detected in the newborn serum, anti-SARS-CoV-2 (Immunoglobulin M) IgM and anti-Rubella Virus IgM were not detected. The observations may suggest transplacental transmission of coronavirus and rubella antibodies, ensuring immediate immunity against these pathogens to newborn.


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