2023
Individual 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 Research
2022
The clinical need for clustered AChR cell-based assay testing of seronegative MG
Masi G, Li Y, Karatz T, Pham MC, Oxendine SR, Nowak RJ, Guptill JT, O'Connor KC. The clinical need for clustered AChR cell-based assay testing of seronegative MG. Journal Of Neuroimmunology 2022, 367: 577850. PMID: 35366559, PMCID: PMC9106915, DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2022.577850.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSNMG patientsMyasthenia gravisAChR-specific B cellsClinical needAcetylcholine receptor autoantibodiesSeronegative MG patientsSeronegative myasthenia gravisCell-based assaysAutoantibody positivityTrial eligibilityMG patientsReceptor autoantibodiesPatientsB cellsU.S. CentersNew treatmentsAssaysGravisAutoantibodiesSerostatusAChRPositivity