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Aquaporin-4 prevents exaggerated astrocytosis and structural damage in retinal inflammation by Maisam Afzali, Ali, Stüve, Lasse, Pfaller, Monika, Aly, Lilian, Steiger, Katja, Knier, Benjamin, Korn, Thomas

“…Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the molecular target of the immune response in neuromyelitis optica (NMO) that leads to severe structural damage in the central nervous…”
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Toscana Virus Meningoencephalitis in Upper Bavaria by Wenzel, Martina, Afzali, Ali Maisam, Hoffmann, Dieter, Zange, Sabine, Georgi, Enrico, Hemmer, Bernhard

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Animal models in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: How to overcome a translational roadblock? by Afzali, Ali, Ruck, Tobias, Wiendl, Heinz, Meuth, Sven G

“…Abstract Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) encompass a heterogenic group of rare muscle diseases with common symptoms including muscle weakness and the…”
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Association of the retinal vasculature, intrathecal immunity, and disability in multiple sclerosis by Noll, Christina, Hiltensperger, Michael, Aly, Lilian, Wicklein, Rebecca, Afzali, Ali Maisam, Mardin, Christian, Gasperi, Christiane, Berthele, Achim, Hemmer, Bernhard, Korn, Thomas, Knier, Benjamin

“…Background Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) is a novel technique allowing non-invasive assessment of the retinal vasculature. During relapsing…”
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Skeletal muscle cells actively shape (auto)immune responses by Afzali, Ali Maisam, Müntefering, Thomas, Wiendl, Heinz, Meuth, Sven G., Ruck, Tobias

“…Histopathological analyses of muscle specimens from myositis patients indicate that skeletal muscle cells play an active role in the interaction with immune…”
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Optical coherence tomography angiography suggests different retinal pathologies in multiple sclerosis and Sjögren’s syndrome by Wolf, Elisabeth, Wicklein, Rebecca, Aly, Lilian, Schmaderer, Christoph, Afzali, Ali Maisam, Mardin, Christian, Korn, Thomas, Hemmer, Bernhard, Hofauer, Benedikt, Knier, Benjamin

“…Background While retinal vessel changes are evident in the eyes of patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), changes in the vasculature of…”
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B cells orchestrate tolerance to the neuromyelitis optica autoantigen AQP4 by Afzali, Ali Maisam, Nirschl, Lucy, Sie, Christopher, Pfaller, Monika, Ulianov, Oleksii, Hassler, Tobias, Federle, Christine, Petrozziello, Elisabetta, Kalluri, Sudhakar Reddy, Chen, Hsin Hsiang, Tyystjärvi, Sofia, Muschaweckh, Andreas, Lammens, Katja, Delbridge, Claire, Büttner, Andreas, Steiger, Katja, Seyhan, Gönül, Ottersen, Ole Petter, Öllinger, Rupert, Rad, Roland, Jarosch, Sebastian, Straub, Adrian, Mühlbauer, Anton, Grassmann, Simon, Hemmer, Bernhard, Böttcher, Jan P., Wagner, Ingrid, Kreutzfeldt, Mario, Merkler, Doron, Pardàs, Irene Bonafonte, Schmidt Supprian, Marc, Buchholz, Veit R., Heink, Sylvia, Busch, Dirk H., Klein, Ludger, Korn, Thomas

“…Neuromyelitis optica is a paradigmatic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, in which the water-channel protein AQP4 is the target antigen 1 . The…”
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Preventing long-term disability in CIDP: the role of timely diagnosis and treatment monitoring in a multicenter CIDP cohort by Quint, Paula, Schroeter, Christina B., Kohle, Felix, Öztürk, Menekse, Meisel, Andreas, Tamburrino, Giuliano, Mausberg, Anne K., Szepanowski, Fabian, Afzali, Ali Maisam, Fischer, Katinka, Nelke, Christopher, Räuber, Saskia, Voth, Jan, Masanneck, Lars, Willison, Alice, Vogelsang, Anna, Hemmer, Bernhard, Berthele, Achim, Schroeter, Michael, Hartung, Hans-Peter, Pawlitzki, Marc, Schreiber, Stefanie, Stettner, Mark, Maus, Uwe, Meuth, Sven G., Stascheit, Frauke, Ruck, Tobias

“…Background Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an inflammatory disease affecting the peripheral nerves and the most frequent autoimmune…”
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The NKG2D-IL-15 signaling pathway contributes to T-cell mediated pathology in inflammatory myopathies by Ruck, Tobias, Bittner, Stefan, Afzali, Ali Maisam, Göbel, Kerstin, Glumm, Sarah, Kraft, Peter, Sommer, Claudia, Kleinschnitz, Christoph, Preuße, Corinna, Stenzel, Werner, Wiendl, Heinz, Meuth, Sven G

“…NKG2D is an activating receptor on T cells, which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. T cells are critically involved in idiopathic…”
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The NKG2D signaling pathway is a possible therapeutic target for autoimmune myositis by Ruck, Tobias, Afzali, Ali Maisam, Bittner, Stefan, Meuth, Sven G, Wiendl, Heinz

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Toscana virus meningoencephalitis in Upper Bavaria by Wenzel, Martina, Afzali, Ali Maisam, Hoffmann, Dieter, Zange, Sabine, Georgi, Enrico, Hemmer, Bernhard

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Effects of Glatiramer Acetate in a Spontaneous Model of Autoimmune Neuroinflammation by Bittner, Stefan, Ruck, Tobias, Göbel, Kerstin, Henschel, Christian, Afzali, Ali Maisam, Göb, Eva, Müntefering, Thomas, Kleinschnitz, Christoph, Wiendl, Heinz, Meuth, Sven G

“…Glatiramer acetate (GA) (Copaxone), a well-established drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, is believed to modulate numerous pathways including…”
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ALAIN01--Alemtuzumab in autoimmune inflammatory neurodegeneration: mechanisms of action and neuroprotective potential by Ruck, Tobias, Afzali, Ali Maisam, Lukat, Karl-Friedrich, Eveslage, Maria, Gross, Catharina C, Pfeuffer, Steffen, Bittner, Stefan, Klotz, Luisa, Melzer, Nico, Wiendl, Heinz, Meuth, Sven G

“…Alemtuzumab (Lemtrada®) is a newly approved therapeutic agent for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). In previous phase II and III clinical trials,…”
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Two-pore domain potassium channels are novel targets for autoimmune myopathies by influencing basic cellular parameters in murine muscle cells by Afzali, Ali Maisam, Bittner, Stefan, Ruck, Tobias, Herrmann, Alexander, Glumm, Sarah, Iking, Janette, Wiendl, Heinz, Meuth, Sven G

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