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K Hayes

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PubMed1988

Primary cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy: comparison of antibody responses to virus-encoded proteins between women with and without intrauterine infection.

Using radioimmunoassay followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, we compared serial IgG precipitin antibody responses to cytomegalovirus (CMV) proteins in three groups of 29 pregnant women who had primary CMV infection. Five women had CMV mononucleosis, and four of them infected their fetuses. Twenty-four women had subclinical infection, and eight infected their fetuses. There were no qualitative differences in the precipitin responses against the virus-encoded proteins in three different infected cellular antigens (cytoplasmic, nuclear, and high-speed pellet) between these three groups of women. There was also no qualitative difference in responses whether the infection was clinically apparent or subclinical. Quantitation by densitometer, however, revealed that women with mononucleosis and those with subclinical infection who infected their fetuses had a more intense and prolonged antibody response than did women with subclinical infection who failed to transmit CMV in utero.

Antibodies, Viral↗
PubMed1988

Cytomegalovirus infection complicating renal transplantation and its relationship to acute transplant glomerulopathy.

The incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection was established, using laboratory criteria, in 298 patients receiving 362 renal allografts (164/298 = 55%). The incidence of CMV infection did not differ between azathioprine/prednisolone-treated and cyclosporine-treated patients (55% vs. 57% NS). The use of antithymocyte globulin (ATG) increased the incidence of CMV infection (78% vs. 51%: P less than 0.01). Donor and recipient CMV status, known for 116 allografts, did not correlate with the incidence of CMV infection (recipient CMV-positive = 50%; recipient CMV-negative = 54%: NS). CMV infection was responsible for 8 patients' deaths (2.7% mortality). Thirty-three patients with acute transplant glomerulopathy were identified (11%). There was no correlation between acute transplant glomerulopathy and CMV infection. Glomerulopathy was associated with poor graft survival (22/33 patients with a graft survival of less than 6 months). Thus CMV infection, although a common complication of renal transplantation with significant morbidity and mortality, is not closely associated with acute transplant glomerulopathy. Further, the lack of correlation of donor-recipient CMV serologic status with graft outcome limits the usefulness of pretransplantation donor screening.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1987

Topographic evoked potentials during backward masking in schizophrenics, patient controls and normal controls.

1. A backward masking task with simultaneous measurement of topographically mapped evoked potentials was performed by normal, schizophrenic, and patient control subjects. 2. Behavioral results replicated previous studies demonstrating schizophrenic deficit and to a lesser extent patient control deficit in this task. 3. Two competing theories of (A) defects in "gating" mechanisms or (B) failure in early stimulus "registration" processes were tested. 4. Topographical evoked response maps indicated a significant absence of a negative going wave in the 70-100 msec epoch in the schizophrenic group relative to both control groups. 5. As the 70-100 msec negativitity attenuation occurred during target presentation, and well before mask onset, it was concluded that schizophrenic deficit in this task consists of a failure in initial stimulus "registration" processes within the time allowed for stimulus availability. 6. Such defective mechanisms may be significant in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

Antibody response to virus-encoded proteins after cytomegalovirus mononucleosis.

We determined serial IgG antibody responses to cytomegalovirus (CMV)-encoded proteins in sera collected over a one-year interval from 14 subjects with CMV mononucleosis. Antigens from infected human fibroblasts included three components: cytoplasmic, nuclear, and high-speed pellet. Antibody was detected by radioimmunoprecipitation followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Twenty to 21 bands were observed with the cytoplasmic component, whereas 10 and 9, respectively, were seen with the nuclear and high-speed pellet antigens. The most intense reactions occurred with the higher-molecular-mass proteins (50-215 kDa) by using the cytoplasmic and high-speed antigens and with the more rapidly migrating proteins (less than 50 kDa) by using the nuclear antigen. The precipitin responses increased for three months or more after onset of symptoms with the nuclear and high-speed pellet antigens but peaked within one to two months with the cytoplasmic antigen.

Adolescent↗