Table 2.

Differentially expressed proteins in the serum profiles of MG patients

Spot	Protein name	Accession Number (Swiss-Prot)	No. of matched peptides	Protein score	Fold changea	Pvalueb
1	α-2-macroglobulin	P01023	17	207	−2.49	0.002
2	Gelsolin	P06396	10	90	−1.91	0.046
3	Hemopexin	P02790	13	180	−2.07	0.011
4	Haptoglobin	P00738	12	134	1.58	0.062
5	Haptoglobin-related protein	P00739	10	148	2.62	0.005

^a The ratio of the volume percentage (vol %) between MG patient and healthy control.

^bP values were calculated by Student’s t-test.