INCREASED LEVELS OF CIRCULATING INTERCELLULAR-ADHESION MOLECULE-1 IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS AND HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE-I ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY

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TSUKADA, N [1 ]
MIYAGI, K [1 ]
MATSUDA, M [1 ]
YANAGISAWA, N [1 ]
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[1] SHINSHU UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT NEUROL,MATSUMOTO,NAGANO 390,JAPAN
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10.1002/ana.410330614
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We evaluated the presence of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) antigen in the sera of patients with multiple sclerosis and human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy (HAM) using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Patients with multiple sclerosis in the active phase had higher sICAM serum levels than did control subjects (p < 0.01). In addition, a significantly increased serum level of sICAM-1 was found in patients with HAM (p < 0.001). Furthermore, we found a positive correlation with HAM sICAM-1 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels in the sera of patients with multiple sclerosis in the active phase (r = 0.88, p < 0.01) and in those with HAM (r = 0.86, p < 0.0 1). These results suggest that serum sICAM-1 may be related to clinical activity in patients with multiple sclerosis and the detection of sICAM-1 could be useful as a marker of inflammatory disease.
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