"Warming yang and invigorating qi" acupuncture alters acetylcholine receptor expression in the neuromuscular junction of rats with experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽

Region of peptide 125-147 of acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit is exposed at neuromuscular junction and induces experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis, T-cell immunity, and modulating autoantibodies.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1073/pnas.82.24.8805 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 82 (24) ◽

pp. 8805-8809 ◽

Cited By ~ 68

Author(s):

V. A. Lennon ◽

D. J. McCormick ◽

E. H. Lambert ◽

G. E. Griesmann ◽

M. Z. Atassi

Keyword(s):

T Cell ◽

Neuromuscular Junction ◽

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

T Cell Immunity ◽

Alpha Subunit ◽

Cell Immunity ◽

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽

Mice immunised with recombinant subunit of the human acetylcholine receptor (AChR) develop anti-AChR antibodies but not experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG)

Journal of Autoimmunity ◽

10.1016/0896-8411(89)90027-9 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 2 (6) ◽

pp. 903-904 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. Jermy ◽

Andrew Jermy ◽

D. Beeson ◽

A. Vincent ◽

N. Willcox ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽

Specific immunosuppression of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis by denatured acetylcholine receptor.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1073/pnas.75.8.4006 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 75 (8) ◽

pp. 4006-4010 ◽

Cited By ~ 46

Author(s):

D. Bartfeld ◽

S. Fuchs

Keyword(s):

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽

Specific Immunosuppression ◽

Synthetic peptides of the acetylcholine receptor as regulators of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology ◽

10.1016/0165-5728(91)91057-j ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 35 ◽

pp. 117

Author(s):

M.C. Souroujon ◽

S. Carmon ◽

S. Fuchs

Keyword(s):

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Synthetic Peptides ◽

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽

Current Concepts on the Structure of Acetylcholine Receptor with Relevance to Myasthenia Gravis and Experimental Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis Pathogenesis

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

10.1007/978-94-011-4060-7_1 ◽

2000 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Socrates Tzartos

Keyword(s):

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽

B cell autoimmunity to acetylcholine receptor and its subunits in Lewis rats over the course of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology ◽

10.1016/0165-5728(93)90169-y ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 45 (1-2) ◽

pp. 103-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Z.-Y. Wang ◽

H. Link ◽

J. Qiao ◽

T. Olsson ◽

W.-X. Huang

Keyword(s):

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

B Cell ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Lewis Rats ◽

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽

Molecular analysis of anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG)

Neuromuscular Disorders ◽

10.1016/0960-8966(94)90166-x ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 4 (5-6) ◽

pp. S38

Author(s):

Y. Graus ◽

F. Meng ◽

R. Aarts ◽

A. Vincent ◽

P. van Breda Vriesman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Molecular Analysis ◽

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽

Receptor Antibodies ◽

Experimental Autoimmune ◽

Anti Acetylcholine

Experimental study Improved methodology to obtain large quantities of correctly folded recombinant N-terminal extracellular domain of the human muscle acetylcholine receptor for inducing experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis in rats

Archives of Medical Science ◽

10.5114/aoms.2013.36921 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 389-395 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chenjing Sun ◽

Hongliang Zhang ◽

Jiang Xu ◽

Jie Gao ◽

Xiaokun Qi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Extracellular Domain ◽

Human Muscle ◽

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽

Prevention of passively transferred experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis by Fab fragments of monoclonal antibodies directed against the main immunogenic region of the acetylcholine receptor

Journal of Neuroimmunology ◽

10.1016/s0165-5728(99)00259-3 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 104 (2) ◽

pp. 124-132 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Danai Papanastasiou ◽

Konstantinos Poulas ◽

Anna Kokla ◽

Socrates J Tzartos

Keyword(s):

Monoclonal Antibodies ◽

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Fab Fragments ◽

Immunogenic Region ◽

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽

Passively transferred experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis: Sequential and quantitative study of the motor end-plate fine structure and ultrastructural localization of immune complexes (IgG and C3), and of the acetylcholine receptor

Neurology ◽

10.1212/wnl.29.2.179 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 179-179 ◽

Cited By ~ 73

Author(s):

A. G. Engel ◽

H. Sakakibara ◽

K. Sahashi ◽

J. M. Lindstrom ◽

E. H. Lambert ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Fine Structure ◽

Myasthenia Gravis ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Quantitative Study ◽

Immune Complexes ◽

Ultrastructural Localization ◽

Motor End Plate ◽

Autoimmune Myasthenia ◽