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Development of a Diagnostic Autoantibody Assay to a Consensus Motif for the Risk Prediction of Epstein-Barr Virus-Related Multiple Sclerosis - PubMed

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  • #Autoantibody Assay
  • #Multiple Sclerosis
  • #Epstein-Barr Virus
  • Development of an autoantibody assay targeting a specific motif for predicting Epstein-Barr Virus-related Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
  • Discovery of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) from MS patient memory B cells binding to the MS signature motif with high affinity.
  • Development of a Luminex xMAP autoantibody test with high sensitivity and specificity for MS diagnosis.
  • Identification of EBV tegument protein BRRF2 and human vimentin as cross-reactive antigens linked to MS.
  • Potential utility of the assay in early MS detection and integration with other biomarkers for predictive risk scoring.