2024
Fluorescence-detection size-exclusion chromatography specifically detects autoantibodies targeting the ganglionic acetylcholine receptor in patients with autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy
Baxter L, Hopkins S, O'Connor K, Pham M, Nowak R, Monson N, Blackburn K, Hibbs R, Vernino S, Noviello C. Fluorescence-detection size-exclusion chromatography specifically detects autoantibodies targeting the ganglionic acetylcholine receptor in patients with autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy. Journal Of Neuroimmunology 2024, 396: 578454. PMID: 39277987, DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2024.578454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutoimmune autonomic ganglionopathyGanglionic acetylcholine receptorAutonomic ganglionopathyRadioimmunoprecipitation assayFluorescence-detection size-exclusion chromatographyAcetylcholine receptorsAutoantibody detectionClinical symptomsDetect autoantibodiesAutoimmune diseasesHealthy controlsPatient seraSize-exclusion-chromatographyAutoantibodiesGAChRGanglionopathySize exclusion chromatographyPatientsReceptors
2010
A unique antibody gene signature is prevalent in the central nervous system of patients with multiple sclerosis
Ligocki AJ, Lovato L, Xiang D, Guidry P, Scheuermann RH, Willis SN, Almendinger S, Racke MK, Frohman EM, Hafler DA, O'Connor KC, Monson NL. A unique antibody gene signature is prevalent in the central nervous system of patients with multiple sclerosis. Journal Of Neuroimmunology 2010, 226: 192-193. PMID: 20655601, PMCID: PMC2937103, DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.06.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisB cellsGene signatureMS brain tissueCSF of patientsCNS tissue samplesEnriched B cellsCentral nervous systemB cell receptorMS brainsTissue injuryNervous systemBrain tissueCell receptorTissue samplesSclerosisPatientsCSFUnique accumulationCellsSomatic hypermutationInjuryBrainReceptors