2015
Contactin-1 and Neurofascin-155/-186 Are Not Targets of Auto-Antibodies in Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
Doppler K, Appeltshauser L, Krämer HH, Ng JK, Meinl E, Villmann C, Brophy P, Dib-Hajj SD, Waxman SG, Weishaupt A, Sommer C. Contactin-1 and Neurofascin-155/-186 Are Not Targets of Auto-Antibodies in Multifocal Motor Neuropathy. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0134274. PMID: 26218529, PMCID: PMC4517860, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultifocal motor neuropathyMotor neuropathyContactin-1Neurofascin 155Multifocal motor neuropathy patientsChronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathyInflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathySubgroup of patientsNeurofascin-186Enzyme-linked immunosorbentHuman embryonic kidney 293 cellsDemyelinating polyneuropathyAuto antibodiesEmbryonic kidney 293 cellsMuscle weaknessNeuropathy patientsPatient seraConduction blockParanodal proteinsNeuropathyPatientsKidney 293 cellsIgMSerumDifferent assays
2008
Multiple sodium channel isoforms and mitogen‐activated protein kinases are present in painful human neuromas
Black JA, Nikolajsen L, Kroner K, Jensen TS, Waxman SG. Multiple sodium channel isoforms and mitogen‐activated protein kinases are present in painful human neuromas. Annals Of Neurology 2008, 64: 644-653. PMID: 19107992, DOI: 10.1002/ana.21527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesNeuromaPainProtein IsoformsSodium ChannelsUp-RegulationConceptsMultiple sodium channel isoformsHuman neuromasSodium channel isoformsPainful neuromasMitogen-activated protein kinaseERK1/2 MAP kinasesNeuronal voltage-gated sodium channelsChannel isoformsSodium channel Nav1.3Sodium channelsSpontaneous ectopic dischargeTreatment of painSodium channel Nav1.1Possible therapeutic targetVoltage-gated sodium channelsMAP kinase p38Ectopic dischargesChronic painTraumatic neuromaChannel Nav1.1MAP kinaseExtracellular signal-regulated kinases 1NeuromaTherapeutic targetPain