Items for "juvenile idiopathic arthritis"

Detection of antibodies against 60-, 65- and 70-kDa heat shock proteins in paediatric patients with various disorders using Western blotting and ELISA

Background: We examined antibodies against 60-, 65- and 70-kDa heat shock proteins (HSPs) in paediatric healthy individuals, patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and those undergoing allogeneic stem-cell transplantation for various malignant and non-malignant diseases.

Methods: Western blotting and ELISA were used to examine HSP-directed humoral immune responses.

Results: Using ELISA we detected anti-Hsp60, -Hsp65 and -Hsp70 IgG antibodies in patient sera before, during and after conditioning and at all post-transplant times, as well as in JIA patients and controls...

Keywords: antibody, ELISA, heat shock protein, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, stem cell transplantation, Western blotting