Autoantibodies to GFAP (glial fibrillary acidic protein) and to dopamine in patients with acute and chronic cerebrovascular disоrders

P.R. Kamchatnov, A.V. Chugunov, N.Yu. Ruleva, S.F. Dugin, D.A. Basse, B.A. Abusueva, L.I. Buriachkovskaya, E.I. Gusev

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2010.212202                

Abstract

We have studied the level of autoantibodies to neurospecific proteins and neurotransmitters in patients with different forms of ischemic brain lesion. 49 patients with acute (ishemic stroke) and chronic cerebrovascular disease, 14 patients with ishemic heart disease and control group (35 healthy subjects) were investigated. The serum level of autoantibodies to glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and to dopamine (D) was determinated by ELISA. The content of autoantibodies to GFAP and D in patients with ischemic heart disease was practically identical. The patients with acute and chronic cerebrovas-cular diseases had the significally increased level of autoantibodies. The level of autoantibodies to GFAP in patients with acute vascular accidents (ischemic stroke) with favorable outcome was significantly higher than in patients with chronic cerebral ischemia. The obtained data allowed us to consider serum level of autoantibodies to GFAP as a marker of ischemic brain lesion, and to suppose further potential role of this autoantibodies in cerebrovascular disease progression.

Keywords

Acute and Chronic Cerebrovascular Diseases; Ischemic Stroke; Autoantibodies to Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; Autoantibodies to Dopamine

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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