Autoimmunity in neuromyelitis optica and opticospinal multiple sclerosis: Astrocytopathy as a common denominator in demyelinating disorders

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 69-77

  Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Astrocyte; Bal 's disease; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; Opticospinal multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 8; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ASTROCYTOPATHY; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL DAMAGE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCOMPLEMENTEMIA; IMMUNOGENICITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; OPTICOSPINAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TEGMENTUM; TH17 CELL; UPREGULATION; VASOGENIC EDEMA;

EID: 81255134154     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.08.043     Document Type: Article

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