[Pathogenesis of Neuromyelitis Optica: aquaporin 4 autoimmunity and astrocytopathy]

Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2010 Nov;50(11):872. doi: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.50.872.

[Article in Japanese]

Authors

Tatsuro Misu¹, Kazuo Fujihara, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Rina Takano, Shuhei Nishiyama, Yoshiki Takai, Ichiro Nakashima, Shigeru Sato, Hans Lassmann, Yasuto Itoyama

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.

PMID: 21921482
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.50.872

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Aquaporin 4 / immunology*
Astrocytes / pathology*
Autoantibodies / toxicity
Autoimmunity*
Humans
Neuromyelitis Optica / immunology*
Neuromyelitis Optica / pathology*

Substances

Aquaporin 4
Autoantibodies