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Cellular investigations with human antibodies associated with the anti-IgLON5 syndrome.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 1 Sept 2016
Sabater Lidia, Planagumà Jesús, Dalmau Josep, Graus Francesc
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BACKGROUND: Antibodies against IgLON5, a neuronal adhesion protein of unknown function, are markers of a novel neurological disorder termed anti-IgLON5 syndrome. The disorder shows a remarkable association with the HLA-DQB1*0501 and HLA-DRB1*1001 alleles, and postmortem studies demonstrate a novel neuronal tauopathy predominantly involving the hypothalamus and tegmentum of the brainstem. The role of IgLON5...
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