Absence of antibodies to HTLV‐1 in sera from Hungarian MS patients

F Koike, G Pálffy, T Kunishita… - Acta neurologica …, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study is to examine the association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and anti‐
human T‐lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV‐I) antibody. Serum samples from 16 Hungarian …

Seroreactivity to human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 and related retroviruses in multiple sclerosis patients from Denmark and the Faroes

HB Rasmussen, BB Kvinesdal… - Acta neurologica …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
A total of 40 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients from Denmark and 10 from the Faroes were
examined for antibodies with affinity to human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 (HTLV …

Use of immunoreactive synthetic HTLV‐1 peptides in the search for antibody reactivity in multiple sclerosis

J Lycke, O Andersen, B Svennerholm… - Acta neurologica …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
The possible association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and antibodies to human T‐cell
lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV‐1) was studied. Five synthetic and highly immunoreactive …

HTLV antibodies in Italian patients with multiple sclerosis.

O Varmier, G Melioli, F Lillo, G Schito… - Italian Journal of …, 1987 - europepmc.org
Several observations indicate that a retrovirus might be involved in the pathogenesis of
multiple sclerosis (MS). We report that the sera from 40 Italian MS patients did not contain …

Antibodies in sera from Norwegian multiple sclerosis patients and the general population reacting with HTLV‐I: A pilot study

LR HAAHEIM, M GRØNNING, H NYLAND - APMIS, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
By using enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. Western blot and passive agglutination we
have performed a pilot study involving the testing of 349 sera from the general population of …

Search for HTLV‐I and LAV/HTLV‐III antibodies in serum and CSF of multiple sclerosis patients

A de Rossi, P Gallo, B Tavolato… - Acta neurologica …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
In order to confirm the findings on the presence of antibodies against human T‐lymphotropic
retroviruses in subjects affected by multiple sclerosis we studied paired serum and CSF …

Absence of Serum HTLV-I and-III Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

E Salerni, R Barnabei, C D'Aurizio, F D'Andrea… - … and Immunology in …, 1988 - Springer
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is often considered to be an autoimmune disease initiated by
infection, probably sustained by many enveloped viruses acting together or individually …

Absence of antibodies to HTLV-I and HIV in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of Italian patients with multiple sclerosis

E Merelli, P Sola, G Montagnani, E Baldini - Journal of the neurological …, 1988 - Elsevier
Because of the undecided question whether HTLV-related virus antibodies are present in
multiple sclerosis (MS), we tested cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum from 52 MS patients …

Sera from patients with multiple sclerosis react with human cell T lymphotropic virus-I gag proteins but not env proteins--Western blotting analysis.

M Ohta, K Ohta, F Mori, H Nishitani… - Journal of immunology …, 1986 - journals.aai.org
To study the possible involvement of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-related
agent in Japanese multiple sclerosis (MS), we performed a Western blotting analysis, using …

Bone Marrow Derived Cells Express Human T‐Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV‐I)‐Related Antigens in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

M Sandberg‐Wollheim, J Alumets… - Scandinavian …, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Mononuclear cells in peripheral blood (PB) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of seven patients
and lymph nodes of three patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS) expressed …