Correlation between neuronal antibodies and limbic encephalitis in Chinese Han subjects

Genet Mol Res. 2015 Mar 27;14(1):2312-21. doi: 10.4238/2015.March.27.16.

Abstract

A variety of anti-neuronal cell membrane antibodies such as voltage-gated potassium channel antibody, N-methyl-D-aspartate-2B-antibody, and glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody, are correlated with limbic encephalitis (LE). In this study on patients with LE, the clinical manifestations, psychology Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, cerebrospinal fluid, electrophysiology, magnetic resonance imaging, and anti-immune therapy were studied and immunological determination was conducted; it was found that patients of Chinese Han nationality showed 2 types of clinical manifestations: simple and complex. Lesions could also be divided into focal and scalable lesions, and the clinical manifestations and lesions scopes were associated with various antibodies and antibody types. The prognosis may improve if early diagnosis is conducted and early anti-immune therapy is implemented in LE patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Asian People
  • Autoantibodies / immunology*
  • Blotting, Western
  • China
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Glutamate Decarboxylase / immunology
  • Humans
  • Limbic Encephalitis / ethnology
  • Limbic Encephalitis / immunology*
  • Limbic Encephalitis / therapy
  • Limbic System / immunology*
  • Limbic System / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurons / immunology*
  • Neurons / metabolism
  • Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated / immunology
  • Prognosis
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / immunology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wechsler Scales

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Glutamate Decarboxylase