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Table 2 Frequency of IgG type-autoantibodies to the recombinant hmAchR M3 receptor protein in sera from PDC-E2+ PBC patients and healthy controls*

From: Autoantibodies to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors found in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

 

Tested

(n)

positive

(n)

positive

(%)

PBC patients

27

9

33**

healthy controls

13

1

7.7

  1. * analyses were performed by Western blotting using the membrane fraction of hmAchR M3 over-expressing Sf9 cells;
  2. ** significantly different from the controls (p = 0.043; Wilcoxon test).