Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UMLS:C0019829 (Hodgkin's disease)
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Probing a cerebellar expression library with TrAb sera from patients with Hodgkin's disease and paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration resulted in the isolation of MAZ (myc-associated zinc-finger protein). Eleven of 19 TrAb sera and 16 of 131 controls reacted with MAZ, indicating a significant, although not specific, association between Tr and MAZ immunities (p < 0.001). Interestingly, 9 of 16 positive control patients also had cerebellar dysfunction. Purified MAZ antibodies reacted with Purkinje cells. In neuronal cells, MAZ interacts with DCC (Deleted in Colorectal Cancer product), the receptor for netrin-1, a neuronal survival factor. These findings suggest epitope spreading between the Tr antigen and the MAZ-DCC complex and offer a possible model of immune-mediated cerebellar disease.
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PMID:The MAZ protein is an autoantigen of Hodgkin's disease and paraneoplastic cerebellar dysfunction. 1250 57