Connexin 43 Astrocytopathy Linked to Rapidly Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica

Functional Consequences of Neuromyelitis Optica-IgG Astrocyte Interactions on Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability and Granulocyte Recruitment

(2014) T. Vincent et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Extensive loss of connexins in Baló’s disease: evidence for an auto-antibody-independent astrocytopathy via impaired astrocyte–oligodendrocyte/myelin interaction

(2012) Katsuhisa Masaki et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Gap junction pathology in multiple sclerosis lesions and normal-appearing white matter

(2012) Kyriaki Markoullis et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Neuromyelitis optica lesions may inform multiple sclerosis heterogeneity debate

(2012) Wolfgang Brück et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Causes of death in patients with multiple sclerosis and matched referent subjects: a population-based cohort study

(2012) A. Lalmohamed et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

Disruption of oligodendrocyte gap junctions in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

(2012) Kyriaki Markoullis et al.   GLIA

Deletion of Astroglial Connexins Weakens the Blood–Brain Barrier

(2012) Pascal Ezan et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM

Potassium Channel KIR4.1 as an Immune Target in Multiple Sclerosis

(2012) Rajneesh Srivastava et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Deletion of oligodendrocyte Cx32 and astrocyte Cx43 causes white matter vacuolation, astrocyte loss and early mortality

(2011) Laura M. Magnotti et al.   GLIA

ATP and glutamate released via astroglial connexin 43 hemichannels mediate neuronal death through activation of pannexin 1 hemichannels

(2011) Juan A. Orellana et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Autoimmunity in neuromyelitis optica and opticospinal multiple sclerosis: Astrocytopathy as a common denominator in demyelinating disorders

(2011) Jun-ichi Kira   JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Aquaporin-4 astrocytopathy in Baló’s disease

(2010) Takeshi Matsuoka et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Inflammation induced by innate immunity in the central nervous system leads to primary astrocyte dysfunction followed by demyelination

(2010) Rakhi Sharma et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Anti-aquaporin-4 antibody induces astrocytic cytotoxicity in the absence of CNS antigen-specific T cells

(2010) Makoto Kinoshita et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Intra-cerebral injection of neuromyelitis optica immunoglobulin G and human complement produces neuromyelitis optica lesions in mice

(2010) Samira Saadoun et al.   BRAIN

CSF angiotensin II and angiotensin-converting enzyme levels in anti-aquaporin-4 autoimmunity

(2010) T. Matsushita et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Causes of death among patients with multiple sclerosis

(2010) Marja-Liisa Sumelahti et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Neuromyelitis optica: a demyelinating disease characterized by acute destruction and regeneration of perivascular astrocytes

(2010) John DE Parratt et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Neuromyelitis optica: Pathogenicity of patient immunoglobulin in vivo

(2009) Monika Bradl et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Intrathecal pathogenic anti–aquaporin-4 antibodies in early neuromyelitis optica

(2009) Jeffrey L. Bennett et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Neuromyelitis optica: Passive transfer to rats by human immunoglobulin

(2009) Makoto Kinoshita et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Greatly attenuated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in aquaporin-4 knockout mice

(2009) Lihua Li et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

Cytotoxic effect of neuromyelitis optica antibody (NMO-IgG) to astrocytes: An in vitro study

(2009) Lidia Sabater et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Two cases of benign neuromyelitis optica in patients with celiac disease

(2009) R. Bergamaschi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

Deletion of Astrocyte Connexins 43 and 30 Leads to a Dysmyelinating Phenotype and Hippocampal CA1 Vacuolation

(2009) S. E. Lutz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and ACE2 levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis

(2009) M Kawajiri et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

A case of NMO seropositive for aquaporin-4 antibody more than 10 years before onset

(2009) S. Nishiyama et al.   NEUROLOGY

Astrocytic necrosis is induced by anti-aquaporin-4 antibody-positive serum

(2009) Makoto Kinoshita et al.   NEUROREPORT

AQP4 gene deletion in mice does not alter blood–brain barrier integrity or brain morphology

(2009) S. Saadoun et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Gap Junctions Couple Astrocytes and Oligodendrocytes

(2008) Jennifer L. Orthmann-Murphy et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Reduction of angiotensin II in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis

(2008) M Kawajiri et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal