Immunobiology of myasthenia gravis, experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis, and Lambert-Eaton syndrome.
Immunobiology of myasthenia gravis, experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis, and Lambert-Eaton syndrome.
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重症肌无力的免疫生物学、实验性自身免疫性重症肌无力和兰伯特-伊顿综合征。
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发表时间:
1985
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29.7
通讯作者:
J. Lindstrom
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J. Lindstrom
The muscular weakness and excessive fatigability that characterize the disease now known as myasthenia gravis (MG) were initially described by Thomas Willis in 1672 (1). In 1973 it was shown that immunization of rabbits with acetylcholine receptors purified from fish electric organs caused similar symptoms (2). During the following decade, researchers demonstrated that the symptoms of both MG and experimental autoim mune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) are caused by an antibody-mediated autoimmune response to acetylcholine receptors (3-56). Although we now have a reasonable understanding of the complex mechanisms by which this autoimmune response impairs neuromuscular transmission, we still do not know either what initiates and regulates this response in MG or the significance of the thymoma frequently associated with it. Although muscular weakness can be partially alleviated by treatment with inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (which increase the concentration and duration of acetylcholine to compensate for the loss of functional receptors) and although thymectomy (7, 8), immunosuppressive drugs (9, 10), and plasmapheresis (11, 12) are beneficial therapies, there is no cure for MG. The discovery of EAMG was a by-product of the initial purification of acetylcholine receptors. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are now by far
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发表时间:
1982
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Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic
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作者:
Fumagalli,G;Engel,AG;Lindstrom,J
通讯作者:
Lindstrom,J
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发表时间:
1983
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
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作者:
Froehner,SC;Douville,K;Klink,S;Culp,WJ
通讯作者:
Culp,WJ
DOI:
10.1101/sqb.1983.048.01.012
发表时间:
1983
期刊:
Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology
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作者:
Lindstrom,J;Tzartos,S;Gullick,W;Hochschwender,S;Swanson,L;Sargent,P;Jacob,M;Montal,M
通讯作者:
Montal,M
DOI:
10.1101/sqb.1983.048.01.003
发表时间:
1983
期刊:
Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology
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作者:
Karlin,A;Cox,R;Kaldany,RR;Lobel,P;Holtzman,E
通讯作者:
Holtzman,E
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发表时间:
1982
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
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作者:
DeBaets,MH;Einarson,B;Lindstrom,JM;Weigle,WO
通讯作者:
Weigle,WO