The Role of Brain-Reactive Autoantibodies in Brain Pathology and Cognitive Impairment

Antibodies to different brain proteins have been recently found to be associated with an increasing number of different autoimmune diseases. They need to penetrate the blood–brain barrier (BBB) in order to bind antigens within the central nervous system (CNS). They can target either neuronal or non-...

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Main Authors: Simone Mader, Lior Brimberg, Betty Diamond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01101/full