Different binding and pathogenic effect of neurofascin and contactin–1 autoantibodies in autoimmune nodopathies

IntroductionIgG4 autoantibodies against paranodal proteins are known to induce acute-onset and often severe sensorimotor autoimmune neuropathies. How autoantibodies reach their antigens at the paranode in spite of the myelin barrier is still unclear.MethodsWe performed in vitro incubation experiment...

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Main Authors: Katharina Hecker, Julia Grüner, Beate Hartmannsberger, Luise Appeltshauser, Carmen Villmann, Claudia Sommer, Kathrin Doppler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1189734/full