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Genetic deficiency of estrogen receptor alpha fails to influence experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis pathogenesis.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 May 2011
Qi Huibin, Li Jing, Allman Windy, Saini Shamsher S, Tüzün Erdem, Wu Xiaorong, Estes D Mark, Christadoss Premkumar
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG) is characterized by T cell and antibody responses to muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR). It is well known that MG as other autoimmune diseases is more prevalent in women than men and estrogen administration enhances experimental autoimmune MG (EAMG) severity. To determine whether estrogen influences EAMG pathogenesis through estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) activation,...
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