Remission of severe myasthenia gravis after autologous stem cell transplantation
Schlatter M, Yandamuri S, O'Connor K, Nowak R, Pham M, Obaid A, Redman C, Provost M, McSweeney P, Pearlman M, Tees M, Bowen J, Nash R, Georges G. Remission of severe myasthenia gravis after autologous stem cell transplantation. Annals Of Clinical And Translational Neurology 2023, 10: 2105-2113. PMID: 37726935, PMCID: PMC10646993, DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51898.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutoantibodiesFemaleHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansMyasthenia GravisPilot ProjectsReceptors, CholinergicTransplantation, AutologousTreatment OutcomeConceptsHematopoietic cell transplantationRefractory myasthenia gravisAutologous hematopoietic cell transplantationMyasthenia gravisCell transplantationAcetylcholine receptorsAutologous stem cell transplantationPhase 2 clinical trialAmerica (MGFA) clinical classificationMultiple immunomodulatory agentsRabbit antithymocyte globulinSevere myasthenia gravisAutoimmune neurological disordersHigh-dose chemotherapyMyasthenia Gravis FoundationNeuromuscular junction disordersStem cell transplantationTherapeutic plasma exchangeImmune cell subtypesDays of treatmentEffect of treatmentAntithymocyte globulinDisease activityComplete responseUnderwent treatmentIndividual myasthenia gravis autoantibody clones can efficiently mediate multiple mechanisms of pathology
Pham M, Masi G, Patzina R, Obaid A, Oxendine S, Oh S, Payne A, Nowak R, O’Connor K. Individual myasthenia gravis autoantibody clones can efficiently mediate multiple mechanisms of pathology. Acta Neuropathologica 2023, 146: 319-336. PMID: 37344701, PMCID: PMC11380498, DOI: 10.1007/s00401-023-02603-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyasthenia gravisAntigenic modulationPathogenic mechanismsAutoimmune myasthenia gravisCurrent therapeutic approachesΑ-bungarotoxin bindingNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsReceptor blockadeSerum autoantibodiesAutoreactive clonesMonoclonal levelTherapeutic approachesMonoclonal autoantibodiesAcetylcholine receptorsComplement activationAutoantibodiesAChR subunitsJurkat cell lineDistinct molecular mechanismsPathogenic profilePathogenic capacityPathologyCell-based assaysMAbsPatientsClinicoserological insights into patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor‐induced myasthenia gravis
Masi G, Pham M, Karatz T, Oh S, Payne A, Nowak R, Howard J, Guptill J, Juel V, O'Connor K. Clinicoserological insights into patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor‐induced myasthenia gravis. Annals Of Clinical And Translational Neurology 2023, 10: 825-831. PMID: 36924454, PMCID: PMC10187728, DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutoantibodiesComplement ActivationHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMyasthenia GravisReceptors, Cholinergic