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The Prevalence Of Antibodies Against Wheat And Milk Proteins In Blood Donors And Their Contribution To Neuroimmune Reactivities, Aristo Vojdani, Datis Kharrazian, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee

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The aim of this study was to look for the presence of IgG, IgM, and IgA antibodies against two widely consumed foods, wheat and milk, in a relatively large number of specimens. As wheat, milk, and their antigens have been found to be involved in neuroimmune disorders, we measured the co-occurrence of their antibodies against various neural antigens. We assessed the reactivity of sera from 400 donors to wheat and milk proteins, GAD-65, cerebellar, MBP, and MOG. Statistical analysis showed significant clustering when certain wheat and milk protein antibodies were cross-referenced with neural antibodies. Approximately half of the sera with …