Cerebrospinal fluid mitochondrial DNA in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Abstract Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. Although complement-dependent astrocyte damage mediated by anti-aquaporin 4 autoantibody (AQP4-Ab) is well acknowledged to be the core of NMOSD pathogenesis, additional inflam...

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Main Authors: Kazuya Yamashita, Makoto Kinoshita, Katsuichi Miyamoto, Akiko Namba, Mikito Shimizu, Toru Koda, Tomoyuki Sugimoto, Yuki Mori, Yoshichika Yoshioka, Yuji Nakatsuji, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Susumu Kusunoki, Hideki Mochizuki, Tatsusada Okuno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Neuroinflammation
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12974-018-1162-0