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Co-N reaction – a new serological activity index – on Wegener's granulomatosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Makoto Ikeda ,
Sumiaki Tsuru ,
Toshihiro Ohmori ,
Satoshi Kitahara ,
Tetsuzo Inouye  and
Gerald B. Healy
Makoto Ikeda*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Sumiaki Tsuru
Affiliation:
Departments of Microbiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Toshihiro Ohmori
Affiliation:
Departments of Research Institute of Life Science, Snow Brand Milk Products Co. Ltd., Tochigi, Japan and the Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Satoshi Kitahara
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Tetsuzo Inouye
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Gerald B. Healy
Affiliation:
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
*
Dr Makoto Ikeda, Head of Medical Divison, JMSDF Ozuki Air Base, Matsuya Shimonoseki-City, Yamguchi 750-11, Japan.
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Abstract

Cordyceps ophioglossoides is one of the Japanese old ’Kanpoh‘ drugs used for metrorrhagia as a decoction. We found that CO-N, a galactosaminoglycan from Cordyceps ophioglossoides, reacted with sera from patients with some collagen diseases. By using CO-N, we made a new serological activity index (CO—N reac tion). In the present study, we investigated CO-N reaction on patients with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG). The aggregation titres of CO-N (CO-N numbers) displayed a possible correlation with their clinical activity. CO-N reaction might also serve an important role in supporting the diagnosis of active WG and in helping to assess the degree of disease activity. The purpose of this report is to introduce this new serological activity index for Wegener's granulomatosis.

Keywords

Wegener's granulomatosisSerodiagnosisCollagen diseases

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 7 , July 1993 , pp. 607 - 610
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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