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Neural and Onconeural Autoantibodies and Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Markers in Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy for High-Grade Primary Brain Tumour.

Katarzyna HojanKrystyna AdamskaAgnieszka LewandowskaDanuta ProcykEwa LeporowskaKrystyna OsztynowiczSlawomir Michalak
Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
The findings of this study show that a humoral immune response is common in patients undergoing RT for brain cancer. This response appears to be non-organ specific but rather directed against nucleosome antigens, but onconeural antibodies were uncommon, suggesting a low risk of a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome. Our data suggested that radiotherapy may not affect BBB integrity, but larger studies are needed to better characterise the pathophysiological effects of RT.
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