Neural autoantibodies in patients with neurological symptoms and histories of chemical/mold exposures

Toxicology and Industrial Health
Mohamed Bahie Abou-DoniaLuke Curtis

Abstract

A number of studies have linked exposures to industrial and household chemicals and biological toxins to increased risk of autoimmunity in general and elevated levels of autoantibodies to neural antigens specifically. Elevated neural autoantibodies are biomarkers for many diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Our study reports levels of six types of neural autoantibodies in a group of 24 toxicant-exposed patients. The patients were exposed to a variety of toxicants including contaminated drinking water (four patients), building water/mold damage (eight patients), pesticides (four patients), and other assorted toxic chemicals (eight patients). Levels of all six neural autoantibodies were significantly elevated in most patients and in the patient group at large, with mean antibody levels for the 24 chemically exposed patients (relative to a healthy control population), in descending order: 475% for tau proteins, 391% for microtubule associated proteins-2, 334% for neurofilament proteins (NFP), 302% for myelin basic protein, 299% for glial fibrillary acidic proteins, and 225% for tubulin. Tau protein autoantibodies were significantly elevated in the patient groups with peripheral neuropathy, muscle and joint...Continue Reading

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