Maternal neurofascin-specific autoantibodies bind to structures of the fetal nervous system during pregnancy, but have no long term effect on development in the rat.

<h4>Unlabelled</h4>Neurofascin was recently reported as a target for axopathic autoantibodies in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), a response that will exacerbate axonal pathology and disease severity in an animal model of multiple sclerosis. As transplacental transfer of maternal a...

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Main Authors: Sonja Hochmeister, Thomas Pekar, Maren Lindner, Maja Kitic, Michaela Haindl, Maria Storch, Franz Fazekas, Christopher Linington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24465550/pdf/?tool=EBI