Plasmablasts as migratory IgG-producing cells in the pathogenesis of neuromyelitis optica.

Plasmablasts as migratory IgG-producing cells in the pathogenesis of neuromyelitis optica.

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent attacks of optic neuritis and myelitis. It is generally accepted that autoantibodies against aquaporin 4 water channel protein play a pathogenic role in neuromyelitis optica. We have recently reported that plasmablasts...

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Main Authors: Norio Chihara, Toshimasa Aranami, Shinji Oki, Takako Matsuoka, Masakazu Nakamura, Hitaru Kishida, Kazumasa Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Kuroiwa, Nobutaka Hattori, Tomoko Okamoto, Miho Murata, Tatsushi Toda, Sachiko Miyake, Takashi Yamamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3858367?pdf=render

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