Muscle and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: structure, function and pathogenicity

D Kalamida, K Poulas, V Avramopoulou… - The FEBS …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are integral membrane proteins and prototypic
members of the ligand‐gated ion‐channel superfamily, which has precursors in the …

Pathogenic immune mechanisms at the neuromuscular synapse: the role of specific antibody‐binding epitopes in myasthenia gravis

MG Huijbers, AF Lipka, JJ Plomp… - Journal of internal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Autoantibodies against three different postsynaptic antigens and one presynaptic antigen at
the neuromuscular junction are known to cause myasthenic syndromes. The mechanisms by …

Mutations in GFPT1 that underlie limb-girdle congenital myasthenic syndrome result in reduced cell-surface expression of muscle AChR

K Zoltowska, R Webster, S Finlayson… - Human molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Mutations in GFPT1 underlie a congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) characterized by a
limb-girdle pattern of muscle weakness. Glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase 1 …

Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy: Ganglionic acetylcholine receptor autoantibodies

N Urriola, S Adelstein - Autoimmunity Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Autoimmune Autonomic Ganglionopathy (AAG) is a rare immune-mediated disease
of the autonomic nervous system. The incidence of AAG is unknown and diagnosis is often …

Clonal heterogeneity of thymic B cells from early-onset myasthenia gravis patients with antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor

K Vrolix, J Fraussen, M Losen, J Stevens… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Myasthenia gravis (MG) with antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR–MG) is
considered as a prototypic autoimmune disease. The thymus is important in the …

Antigen‐specific apheresis of pathogenic autoantibodies from myasthenia gravis sera

SJ Tzartos, K Bitzopoulou, I Gavra… - Annals of the New …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is usually caused by autoantibodies against muscle nicotinic
acetylcholine receptor (AChR), which is composed of five subunits (α2βγδ or α2βɛδ) …

[HTML][HTML] Structural answers and persistent questions about how nicotinic receptors work

GB Wells - Frontiers in bioscience: a journal and virtual library, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The electron diffraction structure of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) from Torpedo
marmorata and the X-ray crystallographic structure of acetylcholine binding protein (AChBP) …

Extracellular domains of the β, γ and ε subunits of the human acetylcholine receptor as immunoadsorbents for myasthenic autoantibodies: a combination of …

K Kostelidou, N Trakas, SJ Tzartos - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2007 - Elsevier
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is usually caused by autoantibodies against the human muscle
acetylcholine receptor (AChR). Plasmapheresis offers a therapeutic option, but, as well as …

Towards antigen-specific apheresis of pathogenic autoantibodies as a further step in the treatment of myasthenia gravis by plasmapheresis

P Zisimopoulou, G Lagoumintzis, K Kostelidou… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Myasthenia gravis (MG), a prototypic antibody-mediated autoimmune disease, presents an
excellent target for scientific research aimed at a better understanding of the disease itself …

Analysis of nAChR autoantibodies against extracellular epitopes in MG patients

M Michail, V Zouvelou, M Belimezi, A Haroniti… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder caused by autoantibodies targeting
components of the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), leading to …