Antineural and antinuclear autoantibodies are of prognostic relevance in non-small cell lung cancer Franz Blaes, MD, Markus Klotz, Hanno Huwer, MD, Uwe Straub, MD, Gerhard Kalweit, MD, Klaus Schimrigk, MD, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages 254-258 (January 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01198-4
Fig 1 Survival of autoantibody-positive and -negative (AnAb and/or ANA) NSCLC patients shown as Kaplan-Meier plot (p = 0.0004). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 254-258DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01198-4)
Fig 2 Immunofluorescence staining of a NSCLC serum on cerebellar tissue. Axonal staining around the Purkinje cells (serum dilution 1:500, magnification ×500). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 254-258DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01198-4)
Fig 3 Western blot using cerebellar soluble protein fraction as antigens. (Lane S) Standard (Novex Mark 12); (lane 1) anti-Hu-positive NSCLC patient with a typical reactivity at 38 kDa; (lane 2) NSCLC patient with a 45-kDa reactivity and axonal staining, as shown in Figure 1; (lane 3) healthy control patient. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 254-258DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01198-4)
Fig 4 Survival functions of antineural antibody-positive and -negative NSCLC patients presented as Kaplan-Meier plots. (A) All patients (p = 0.005); (B) stage I and II (p = 0.056); (C) stage III (p = 0.026). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 254-258DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01198-4)
Fig 5 Survival functions of stage III patients grouped by ANA finding presented as Kaplan-Meier plots. Log-rank test showed a significantly better prognosis of the ANA-positive stage III patients (p = 0.0025). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 254-258DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01198-4)