Passive transfer of narcolepsy: Anti-TRIB2 autoantibody positive patient IgG causes hypothalamic orexin neuron loss and sleep attacks in mice

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy (a sudden weakening of posture muscle tone usually triggered by emotion) caused by the loss of orexin neurons in the hypothalamus. Autoimmune mechanisms are implicated in narcolepsy by increased frequency of s...

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Autores Principales: Katzav, Aviva, Arango, Maria T., Kivity, Shaye, Tanaka, Susumu, Givaty, Gili, Agmon-Levin, Nancy, Honda, Makoto, Anaya, Juan-Manuel, Chapman, Joab, Shoenfeld, Yehuda
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22254
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaut.2013.06.010

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