Brief Article
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2010; 16(8): 973-981
Published online Feb 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i8.973
Table 4 Reactivity of sera from 95 anti-M2 positive PBC patients with different peptide conjugates containing the reported immunodominant epitope of PDC-E2[6,12]
Peptides of the inner lipoyl domainIgG-antibodies
IgM-antibodies
Positive n (%)mean absorbance × 1000 ± SD (median)Cut off valuePositive n (%)mean absorbance × 1000 ± SD (median)Cut off value
152-176 (present study peptide 10)28 (29)153 ± 243 (87)15035 (37)95 ± 77 (73)80
169-193 (present study peptide 11)11 (12)210 ± 219 (157)30037 (39)143 ± 120 (101)120
167-1840113 ± 63 (93)1005 (5)53 ± 79 (20)100
167-184-LA3 (3)135 ± 71 (111)10010 (11)78 ± 107 (40)100
OVA-167-184142 (44)316 ± 260 (271)10054 (57)254 ± 318 (117)100
OVA-167-184-LA121 (22)175 ± 280 (148)10029 (31)113 ± 217 (52)100