2024
A Noncanonical CD56dimCD16dim/- NK Cell Subset Indicative of Prior Cytotoxic Activity Is Elevated in Patients with Autoantibody-Mediated Neurologic Diseases.
Yandamuri S, Filipek B, Lele N, Cohen I, Bennett J, Nowak R, Sotirchos E, Longbrake E, Mace E, O'Connor K. A Noncanonical CD56dimCD16dim/- NK Cell Subset Indicative of Prior Cytotoxic Activity Is Elevated in Patients with Autoantibody-Mediated Neurologic Diseases. The Journal Of Immunology 2024, 212: 785-800. PMID: 38251887, PMCID: PMC10932911, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2300015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuromyelitis optica spectrum disorderAb-dependent cellular cytotoxicityNK cellsMyasthenia gravisMG patientsInduced Ab-dependent cellular cytotoxicityNK cell-mediated effector functionsPeripheral blood immune cell populationsCell-mediated effector functionsNeuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder patientsBlood immune cell populationsAb-dependent cellular cytotoxicity activityNK marker CD56NK cell markersHLA-DR expressionNK cell subsetsExpression of perforinImmune cell populationsAutoimmune myasthenia gravisElevated disease burdenHLA-DRCell subsetsCellular cytotoxicityChemokine receptorsMultiparameter immunophenotyping
2022
Reemergence of pathogenic, autoantibody-producing B cell clones in myasthenia gravis following B cell depletion therapy
Fichtner ML, Hoehn KB, Ford EE, Mane-Damas M, Oh S, Waters P, Payne AS, Smith ML, Watson CT, Losen M, Martinez-Martinez P, Nowak RJ, Kleinstein SH, O’Connor K. Reemergence of pathogenic, autoantibody-producing B cell clones in myasthenia gravis following B cell depletion therapy. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2022, 10: 154. PMID: 36307868, PMCID: PMC9617453, DOI: 10.1186/s40478-022-01454-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB cell depletion therapyB cell clonesMuSK-MG patientsMyasthenia gravisB cellsMG patientsDepletion therapyCell clonesAutoantibody-producing B cellsMuscle-specific tyrosine kinaseComplete stable remissionB cell receptor repertoireCell receptor repertoireValuable candidate biomarkersB cell receptorMG relapseClinical relapseStable remissionDisease relapseAutoimmune disordersRelapsePatientsAcetylcholine receptorsCandidate biomarkersReceptor repertoire