Muscle-specific kinase myasthenia gravis IgG4 autoantibodies cause severe neuromuscular junction dysfunction in mice

Muscle-selective synaptic disassembly and reorganization in MuSK antibody positive MG mice

(2011) Anna Rostedt Punga et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Anti-musk antibody myasthenia gravis: Clinical findings and response to treatment in two large cohorts

(2011) Jeffrey T. Guptill et al.   MUSCLE & NERVE

Anti-MuSK autoantibodies block binding of collagen Q to MuSK

(2011) Y. Kawakami et al.   NEUROLOGY

Clinical aspects of myasthenia explained

(2010) Jan J. G. M. Verschuuren et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY

What is IgG4? A review of the biology of a unique immunoglobulin subtype

(2010) Ajay Nirula et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY

To build a synapse: signaling pathways in neuromuscular junction assembly

(2010) H. Wu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Patient autoantibodies deplete postsynaptic muscle-specific kinase leading to disassembly of the ACh receptor scaffold and myasthenia gravis in mice

(2010) R. N. Cole et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Pre- and postsynaptic neuromuscular junction abnormalities in musk myasthenia

(2010) Erik H. Niks et al.   MUSCLE & NERVE

Using mouse cranial muscles to investigate neuromuscular pathology in vivo

(2010) L.M. Murray et al.   NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

The Effect of Plasma From Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase Myasthenia Patients on Regenerating Endplates

(2009) W. Pascale ter Beek et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Immunoglobulin G4: an odd antibody

(2009) R. C. Aalberse et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Epidemiological and immunological profile of muscle-specific kinase myasthenia gravis in Greece

(2009) P. Tsiamalos et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

The Roles of the Dystrophin-Associated Glycoprotein Complex at the Synapse

(2009) Gonneke S. K. Pilgram et al.   MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Silencing rapsyn in vivo decreases acetylcholine receptors and augments sodium channels and secondary postsynaptic membrane folding

(2009) Pilar Martínez-Martínez et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Activity-Dependent Regulation of Synapses by Retrograde Messengers

(2009) Wade G. Regehr et al.   NEURON

Anti-MuSK patient antibodies disrupt the mouse neuromuscular junction

(2008) Rebecca N. Cole et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Myasthenia Gravis Seronegative for Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies

(2008) Angela Vincent et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Eculizumab prevents anti-ganglioside antibody-mediated neuropathy in a murine model

(2008) Susan K. Halstead et al.   BRAIN

Lrp4 Is a Receptor for Agrin and Forms a Complex with MuSK

(2008) Natalie Kim et al.   CELL

Clinical fluctuations in MuSK myasthenia gravis are related to antigen-specific IgG4 instead of IgG1

(2008) E.H. Niks et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

LRP4 Serves as a Coreceptor of Agrin

(2008) Bin Zhang et al.   NEURON

A Mammalian Homolog of Drosophila Tumorous Imaginal Discs, Tid1, Mediates Agrin Signaling at the Neuromuscular Junction

(2008) Jenny Linnoila et al.   NEURON