2015
11C-PBR28 imaging in multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls: test-retest reproducibility and focal visualization of active white matter areas
Park E, Gallezot JD, Delgadillo A, Liu S, Planeta B, Lin SF, O’Connor K, Lim K, Lee JY, Chastre A, Chen MK, Seneca N, Leppert D, Huang Y, Carson RE, Pelletier D. 11C-PBR28 imaging in multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls: test-retest reproducibility and focal visualization of active white matter areas. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2015, 42: 1081-1092. PMID: 25833352, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3043-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal-appearing white matterVolume of distributionTest-retest variabilityWhole brain white matterHealthy controlsMicroglial activationTest-retest reproducibilityGray matterMultiple sclerosisMS subjectsWhite matterWhole brain gray matterGood test-retest reproducibilityAbsolute test-retest variabilityActive MS patientsPositron emission tomography (PET) ligandMultiple sclerosis patientsMain outcome measuresWhite matter areasMS WM lesionsBrain gray matterDemyelinating injuryTest-retest resultsVT valuesMS patients
2010
Elevated Intrathecal Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis
Klawiter EC, Piccio L, Lyons JA, Mikesell R, O’Connor K, Cross AH. Elevated Intrathecal Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis. JAMA Neurology 2010, 67: 1102-1108. PMID: 20837855, PMCID: PMC3051403, DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisMyelin oligodendrocyte glycoproteinCerebrospinal fluidClinical disabilityMS patientsCSF markersAntibody productionForms of MSProspective case-controlled seriesMyelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodyDiagnosis of MSImmunoglobulin G indexNoninflammatory neurologic diseasesRoutine CSF testingProgressive multiple sclerosisAcademic referral centerRelapsing-remitting MSRadiographic outcome measuresMagnetic resonance metricsCase-control seriesReferral centerAlbumin levelsIgG indexCSF testingGlycoprotein antibodies
2005
Antibodies from Inflamed Central Nervous System Tissue Recognize Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein
O’Connor K, Appel H, Bregoli L, Call ME, Catz I, Chan JA, Moore NH, Warren KG, Wong SJ, Hafler DA, Wucherpfennig KW. Antibodies from Inflamed Central Nervous System Tissue Recognize Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein. The Journal Of Immunology 2005, 175: 1974-1982. PMID: 16034142, PMCID: PMC4515951, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.3.1974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAutoantibodiesBinding Sites, AntibodyCentral Nervous SystemDemyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNSFemaleFluoroimmunoassayHumansMaleMolecular Sequence DataMultiple SclerosisMyelin ProteinsMyelin-Associated GlycoproteinMyelin-Oligodendrocyte GlycoproteinRadioimmunoassaySolutionsConceptsMyelin oligodendrocyte glycoproteinMultiple sclerosisCNS diseaseOligodendrocyte glycoproteinCNS tissueChronic inflammatory CNS diseasesAutoantibody-mediated pathologyInflammatory CNS diseasesCentral nervous system tissueInflammatory CNS diseaseCases of encephalitisHigh-affinity autoantibodiesCases of subacuteNervous system tissueCNS parenchymaMOG autoantibodiesMS patientsOligodendrocyte lossMOG-AbCNS diseasesAutoantibodiesCerebrospinal fluidMOG proteinPostmortem casesControl tissues
2003
Myelin basic protein-reactive autoantibodies in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients are characterized by low-affinity interactions
O'Connor KC, Chitnis T, Griffin DE, Piyasirisilp S, Bar-Or A, Khoury S, Wucherpfennig KW, Hafler DA. Myelin basic protein-reactive autoantibodies in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients are characterized by low-affinity interactions. Journal Of Neuroimmunology 2003, 136: 140-148. PMID: 12620653, DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(03)00002-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyelin basic proteinMultiple sclerosisCerebrospinal fluidSoluble myelin basic proteinSemple rabies vaccinePresence of autoantibodiesMultiple sclerosis patientsSera of patientsFraction of patientsAnti-MBP antibodiesHigh-affinity autoantibodiesBasic proteinMBP autoantibodiesRelevant autoantibodiesMS patientsSclerosis patientsAutoimmune diseasesHumoral responseRabies vaccineAutoantibodiesPatientsImmunodominant antigensSerumDiseaseSolid-phase assays