Search Results - "Meriggioli, Matthew N."
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Muscle autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis: beyond diagnosis?
Published in Expert review of clinical immunology (01-07-2012)“…Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular junction. A number of molecules, including ion channels and other proteins at the…”
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Autoimmune myasthenia gravis: emerging clinical and biological heterogeneity
Published in Lancet neurology (01-05-2009)“…Summary Acquired myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular junction in which patients experience fluctuating skeletal muscle…”
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Recombinant IgG2a Fc (M045) multimers effectively suppress experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis
Published in Journal of autoimmunity (01-08-2014)“…Abstract Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder caused by target-specific pathogenic antibodies directed toward postsynaptic neuromuscular junction…”
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Late appearance of dropped head syndrome after radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease
Published in Muscle & nerve (01-11-2006)“…We present three cases of dropped head syndrome that occurred as a complication of mantle field (i.e., lymph nodes of the neck, axillae, and mediastinum) or…”
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Five-Year Extension Results of the Phase 1 START Trial of Onasemnogene Abeparvovec in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Published in JAMA neurology (01-07-2021)“…This ongoing study assesses long-term safety and durability of response in infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 after dosing with onasemnogene…”
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Novel and recurrent EMD mutations in patients with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, identify exon 2 as a mutation hot spot
Published in Journal of human genetics (01-08-2011)“…Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a neuromuscular disorder exhibiting a cardiomyopathy with cardiac conduction defects. X-linked EDMD arises from…”
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The Clinical Spectrum of Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Mixed Bag With Blurred Lines
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Prospect for Pharmacological Therapies to Treat Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction
Published in Calcified tissue international (01-03-2015)“…Skeletal muscle weakness is a leading cause of mobility disability in the elderly (sarcopenia), as a complication of acute or chronic illness (cachexia), and…”
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Current Treatment, Emerging Translational Therapies, and New Therapeutic Targets for Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis
Published in Neurotherapeutics (01-01-2016)“…Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease associated with the production of autoantibodies against 1) the skeletal muscle acetylcholine receptor; 2)…”
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Impaired regulatory function in circulating CD4(+)CD25(high)CD127(low/-) T cells in patients with myasthenia gravis
Published in Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) (01-12-2012)“…Previous studies have reported alterations in numbers or function of regulatory T (Treg) cells in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients, but published results have…”
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Functional defect in regulatory T cells in myasthenia gravis
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (01-12-2012)“…Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) is a transcription factor necessary for the function of regulatory T cells (Treg cells). Treg cells maintain immune homeostasis and…”
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Recommendations for myasthenia gravis clinical trials
Published in Muscle & nerve (01-06-2012)“…The recommendations for clinical research standards published in 2000 by a task force of the Medical Scientific Advisory Board (MSAB) of the Myasthenia Gravis…”
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Granulocyte macrophage colony‐stimulating factor treatment of a patient in myasthenic crisis: Effects on regulatory T cells
Published in Muscle & nerve (01-09-2012)“…Introduction: In this study we describe a patient with a prolonged myasthenic crisis refractory to conventional immunomodulatory therapy who was treated with…”
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Efficacy and safety of iscalimab, a novel anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody, in moderate-to-severe myasthenia gravis: A phase 2 randomized study
Published in Journal of clinical neuroscience (01-01-2024)“…Increased morbidity in many patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) on long-term immunosuppression highlights the need for improved treatments. The aim of this…”
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Safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of an IGF-1 mimetic in patients with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Published in Lancet neurology (01-12-2018)“…Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy is an X-linked neuromuscular disease caused by CAG repeat expansion in the androgen receptor gene. Patients with this…”
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TDP-43 Proteinopathy: Aggregation and Propagation in the Pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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GM-CSF-induced regulatory T cells selectively inhibit anti-acetylcholine receptor-specific immune responses in experimental myasthenia gravis
Published in Journal of neuroimmunology (15-12-2011)“…Abstract We and others have demonstrated the ability of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to suppress autoimmunity by increasing the…”
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Fatigue and abnormal neuromuscular transmission in Kennedy's disease
Published in Muscle & nerve (01-02-2003)“…We describe a patient with Kennedy's disease (X‐linked bulbospinal neuronopathy) who experienced leg muscle fatigue with long‐distance running. The patient…”
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Novel LMNA mutations in patients with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and functional characterization of four LMNA mutations
Published in Human mutation (01-02-2011)“…Mutations in LMNA cause a variety of diseases affecting striated muscle including autosomal Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), LMNA-associated…”
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Suppression of Experimental Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis by Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Is Associated with an Expansion of FoxP3+ Regulatory T Cells
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (15-10-2006)“…Dendritic cells (DCs) have the potential to activate or tolerize T cells in an Ag-specific manner. Although the precise mechanism that determines whether DCs…”
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