Fig. 1

Increased antibody reactivity in plasma of traumatic SCI patients. Antibody reactivity toward the identified targets is increased in the individual traumatic SCI samples used in the SAS procedure (n = 10) compared to healthy controls (n = 9). Samples were considered positive when the general reactivity (OD (specific phage)/OD (empty phage)) was higher than 1.5 and the specific signal was above 0.1. Antibody levels in positive samples are shown in a grey scale. Low antibody levels are indicated in light grey (ratio reactivity (OD (specific phage)/OD (empty phage)) is 2); high antibody levels are indicated in dark grey (ratio reactivity (OD (specific phage)/OD (empty phage)) ranged from 12 to 16). Samples were analysed in duplicate in a single ELISA experiment, and experiments were performed independently for at least 2 times