Therapy response in seronegative versus seropositive autoimmune encephalitis
BackgroundAutoimmune encephalitis (AE) might be seropositive or seronegative, depending on whether antibodies targeting well-characterized neuronal antigens can be detected or not. Since data on treatment efficacy in seronegative cases, are scarce, the main rationale of this study was to evaluate im...
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| description | BackgroundAutoimmune encephalitis (AE) might be seropositive or seronegative, depending on whether antibodies targeting well-characterized neuronal antigens can be detected or not. Since data on treatment efficacy in seronegative cases, are scarce, the main rationale of this study was to evaluate immunotherapy response in seronegative AE in comparison to seropositive cases.MethodsAn electronic database search retrospectively identified 150 AE patients, treated in our tertiary care university hospital between 2010 and 2020 with an AE. Therapy response was measured using both general impression and the modified Rankin Scale (mRS).ResultsSeventy-four AE patients (49.3%) were seronegative and 76 (50.7%) seropositive. These cases were followed up for a mean of 15.3 (standard deviation, SD, 24.9) and 24.3 months (SD 28.1), respectively. Both groups were largely similar on the basis of numerous clinical and paraclinical findings including cerebrospinal fluid, electroencephalography, magnetic resonance imaging, and 18-F-fluor-desoxy-glucose-positron-emmission-tomography pathologies. The majority of patients (80.4%) received at least one immunotherapy, which were glucocorticoids in most cases (76.4%). Therapy response on general impression was high with 49 (92.5%) of treated seronegative, and 57 (86.4%) of treated seropositive AE cases showing improvement following immunotherapies and not significantly different between both groups. Notably, the proportion of patients with a favorable neurological deficit (mRS 0-2) was twice as high during long-term follow-up as compared to baseline in both groups.ConclusionSince both, patients with seronegative and seropositive AE, substantially benefitted from immunotherapies, these should be considered in AE patients irrespective of their antibody results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28b73618d5cd431abab4663f5ca1e8032023-05-31T04:55:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Immunology1664-32242023-05-011410.3389/fimmu.2023.11961101196110Therapy response in seronegative versus seropositive autoimmune encephalitisBenjamin Berger0Benjamin Berger1Sophie Hauck2Kimon Runge3Ludger Tebartz van Elst4Sebastian Rauer5Dominique Endres6Clinic of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, Helios Clinic Pforzheim, Pforzheim, GermanyClinic of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyClinic of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyBackgroundAutoimmune encephalitis (AE) might be seropositive or seronegative, depending on whether antibodies targeting well-characterized neuronal antigens can be detected or not. Since data on treatment efficacy in seronegative cases, are scarce, the main rationale of this study was to evaluate immunotherapy response in seronegative AE in comparison to seropositive cases.MethodsAn electronic database search retrospectively identified 150 AE patients, treated in our tertiary care university hospital between 2010 and 2020 with an AE. Therapy response was measured using both general impression and the modified Rankin Scale (mRS).ResultsSeventy-four AE patients (49.3%) were seronegative and 76 (50.7%) seropositive. These cases were followed up for a mean of 15.3 (standard deviation, SD, 24.9) and 24.3 months (SD 28.1), respectively. Both groups were largely similar on the basis of numerous clinical and paraclinical findings including cerebrospinal fluid, electroencephalography, magnetic resonance imaging, and 18-F-fluor-desoxy-glucose-positron-emmission-tomography pathologies. The majority of patients (80.4%) received at least one immunotherapy, which were glucocorticoids in most cases (76.4%). Therapy response on general impression was high with 49 (92.5%) of treated seronegative, and 57 (86.4%) of treated seropositive AE cases showing improvement following immunotherapies and not significantly different between both groups. Notably, the proportion of patients with a favorable neurological deficit (mRS 0-2) was twice as high during long-term follow-up as compared to baseline in both groups.ConclusionSince both, patients with seronegative and seropositive AE, substantially benefitted from immunotherapies, these should be considered in AE patients irrespective of their antibody results.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1196110/fullautoimmune encephalitisantibodyseronegativeimmunotherapydiagnostic criteria |
| spellingShingle | Benjamin Berger Benjamin Berger Sophie Hauck Kimon Runge Ludger Tebartz van Elst Sebastian Rauer Dominique Endres Therapy response in seronegative versus seropositive autoimmune encephalitis Frontiers in Immunology autoimmune encephalitis antibody seronegative immunotherapy diagnostic criteria |
| title | Therapy response in seronegative versus seropositive autoimmune encephalitis |
| title_full | Therapy response in seronegative versus seropositive autoimmune encephalitis |
| title_fullStr | Therapy response in seronegative versus seropositive autoimmune encephalitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Therapy response in seronegative versus seropositive autoimmune encephalitis |
| title_short | Therapy response in seronegative versus seropositive autoimmune encephalitis |
| title_sort | therapy response in seronegative versus seropositive autoimmune encephalitis |
| topic | autoimmune encephalitis antibody seronegative immunotherapy diagnostic criteria |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1196110/full |
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