Aquaporin 4 molecular mimicry and implications for neuromyelitis optica.
Aquaporin 4 molecular mimicry and implications for neuromyelitis optica.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jneuroim.2013.04.015
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发表时间:
2013-07-15
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Friedland, Robert P.
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作者:
Vaishnav, Radhika A.;Liu, Ruolan;Chapman, Joab;Roberts, Andrew M.;Ye, Hong;Rebolledo-Mendez, Jovan D.;Tabira, Takeshi;Fitzpatrick, Alicia H.;Achiron, Anat;Running, Mark P.;Friedland, Robert P.
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) is associated with antibodies to aquaporin 4 (AQP4). We hypothesized that antibodies to AQP4 can be triggered by exposure to environmental proteins. We compared human AQP4 to plant and bacterial proteins to investigate the occurrence of significantly similar structures and sequences. High similarity to a known epitope for NMO-IgG, AQP4(207-232), was observed for corn ZmTIP4-1. NMO and non-NMO serum was assessed for reactivity to AQP4(207-232) and the corn peptide. NMO patient serum showed reactivity to both peptides as well as to plant tissue. These findings warrant further investigation into the role of the environment in NMO etiology.
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