RGD Reference Report - Immune activation during measles: beta 2-microglobulin in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in complicated and uncomplicated disease. - Rat Genome Database

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Immune activation during measles: beta 2-microglobulin in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in complicated and uncomplicated disease.

Authors: Griffin, DE  Ward, BJ  Juaregui, E  Johnson, RT  Vaisberg, A 
Citation: Griffin DE, etal., J Infect Dis. 1992 Nov;166(5):1170-3.
RGD ID: 6482707
Pubmed: PMID:1402029   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2m) is a small protein that forms the light chain of the class I major histocompatibility molecule and is also present in soluble form in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Measles is associated with immune activation and evidence of immunologic abnormalities that persist for several weeks. To assess further the immunologic changes occurring during measles, beta 2m was measured in plasma and CSF. beta 2m became elevated during measles before the onset of the rash and was highest during the rash. Elevations persisted for several weeks and correlated well with levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptor and neopterin and less well with soluble CD8. CSF beta 2m was elevated in postmeasles encephalomyelitis. Plasma levels of beta 2m did not correlate with spontaneous proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) or with in vitro production of beta 2m by cultured PBMC. The data suggest that increases in beta 2m in measles correlate better with cytokine production than with cell proliferation.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
encephalomyelitis  IEP 6482707associated with Measles and protein:increased expression:cerebrospinal fluidRGD 
encephalomyelitis  ISOB2M (Homo sapiens)6482707; 6482707associated with Measles and protein:increased expression:cerebrospinal fluidRGD 
measles  IEP 6482707protein:increased expression:plasmaRGD 
measles  ISOB2M (Homo sapiens)6482707; 6482707protein:increased expression:plasmaRGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
B2m  (beta-2 microglobulin)

Genes (Mus musculus)
B2m  (beta-2 microglobulin)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
B2M  (beta-2-microglobulin)


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