Identification of the N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR)- related epitope, NR2B, in the normal human ovary: Implication for the pathogenesis of anti-NMDAR encephalitis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-16

  Tachibana, Naoko ^a   Kinoshita, Michiaki ^b   Saito, Yuko ^c   Ikeda, Shu ichi ^b  

^a Okaya City Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptor; Limbic encephalitis; N methyl D aspartate receptor; Oocyte; Ovarian teratoma

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY TERATOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; OVARY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879053587     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.230.13     Document Type: Article

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