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| Anti-AQP4 disease | |
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| Other names | Neuromyelitis optica spectrum of diseases |
Anti-AQP4 diseases, are a group of diseases characterized by auto-antibodies against aquaporin 4.
After the discovery of anti-AQP4 autoantibody in neuromyelitis optica, it was found that it was also present in some patients with other clinically defined diseases, including multiple sclerosis variants like optic-spinal MS.[1]
The collection of these condition has been named "anti-AQP4 disease" and "neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders" (NMSD) and they are expected to respond to the same treatments as standard NMO.[2][failed verification] Some authors propose to use the name "autoimmune aquaporin-4 channelopathy" for these diseases,[3] while others prefer a more generic term "AQP4-astrocytopathy" that includes also problems in AQP4 with a non-autoimmune origin.[4][1][5]
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- ^ Pittock SJ, Lucchinetti CF (February 2016). "Neuromyelitis optica and the evolving spectrum of autoimmune aquaporin-4 channelopathies: a decade later". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1366 (1): 20–39. Bibcode:2016NYASA1366...20P. doi:10.1111/nyas.12794. PMC 4675706. PMID 26096370.
- ^ Masaki K (October 2015). "Early disruption of glial communication via connexin gap junction in multiple sclerosis, Baló's disease and neuromyelitis optica". Neuropathology. 35 (5): 469–80. doi:10.1111/neup.12211. PMID 26016402. S2CID 6371457.
- ^ Masaki K, Suzuki SO, Matsushita T, Matsuoka T, Imamura S, Yamasaki R, Suzuki M, Suenaga T, Iwaki T, Kira J (2013). "Connexin 43 astrocytopathy linked to rapidly progressive multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica". PLOS ONE. 8 (8): e72919. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...872919M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072919. PMC 3749992. PMID 23991165.