Induction of Central Nervous System Disease by the Adaptive Immune Response

• Autor principal: Fabienne Brilot (auth)
• Outros Autores: Robert Weissert (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Colecção: Frontiers Research Topics
• Assuntos: Medicine; autoimmune encephalitis; autophagy; aquaporin-4; multiple sclerosis; neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder; T cell; thyroid gland; B cells; NMDA receptor; myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Over the last years it has become evident that many neurological diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are induced by a specific adaptive immune response directed against molecules expressed on CNS-resident cells. Well-recognized examples are anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor (NMDAR) encepha...