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ReviewInternational journal of general medicine2016

Animal models of myasthenia gravis: utility and limitations.

Renato Mantegazza, Chiara Cordiglieri, Alessandra Consonni, Fulvio Baggi

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Review in International journal of general medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Topical pyridostigmine for ocular myasthenia gravis: a translational hypothesis.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2026
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  11. Antibody Therapies in Autoimmune Neuromuscular Junction Disorders: Approach to Myasthenic Crisis and Chronic Management.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022
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  13. The Neuromuscular Junction: Roles in Aging and Neuromuscular Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  14. Neuromuscular Development and Disease: Learning FromFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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  20. Antigenic Liposomes for Generation of Disease-specific Antibodies.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Renato MantegazzaNeurology IV Unit, Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
Chiara CordiglieriNeurology IV Unit, Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
Alessandra ConsonniNeurology IV Unit, Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
Fulvio BaggiNeurology IV Unit, Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta", Milan, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disease caused by the immune attack of the neuromuscular junction. Antibodies directed against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) induce receptor degradation, complement cascade activation, and postsynaptic membrane destruction, resulting in functional reduction in AChR availability. Besides anti-AChR antibodies, other autoantibodies are known to play pathogenic roles in MG. The experimental autoimmune MG (EAMG) models have been of great help over the years in understanding the pathophysiological role of specific autoantibodies and T helper lymphocytes and in suggesting new therapies for prevention and modulation of the ongoing disease. EAMG can be induced in mice and rats of susceptible strains that show clinical symptoms mimicking the human disease. EAMG models are helpful for studying both the muscle and the immune compartments to evaluate new treatment perspectives. In this review, we concentrate on recent findings on EAMG models, focusing on their utility and limitations.

Indexed as

AChRautoimmunitymyasthenia gravisneuroimmunology

Identifiers

PMID27019601
PMCPMC4786081
OpenAlexW2292295104

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