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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

C5a-Preactivated Neutrophils Are Critical for Autoimmune-Induced Astrocyte Dysregulation in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder.

Paweł Piatek, Małgorzata Domowicz, Natalia Lewkowicz, Patrycja Przygodzka, Mariola Matysiak, Katarzyna Dzitko, Przemysław Lewkowicz

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Paweł PiatekDepartment of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Małgorzata DomowiczDepartment of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Natalia LewkowiczDepartment of General Dentistry, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Patrycja PrzygodzkaInstitute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland.
Mariola MatysiakDepartment of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Katarzyna DzitkoDepartment of Immunoparasitology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Przemysław LewkowiczDepartment of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PLInstitute for Medical Biology · PLUniversity of Łódź · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an autoimmune neuroinflammatory disease. In contrast to multiple sclerosis, autoantibodies against aquaporin-4 (AQP4) expressed on astrocytic end-feet have been exclusively detected in sera of NMOSD patients. Several lines of evidence suggested that anti-AQP4 autoantibodies are pathogenic, but the mechanism triggering inflammation, impairment of astrocyte function, and the role of neutrophils presented in NMOSD cerebrospinal fluid remains unknown. In this study, we tested how human neutrophils affect astrocytes in the presence of anti-AQP4 Ab-positive serum derived from NMOSD patients. An

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astrocytescomplement systemglutamateneuromyelitis optica spectrum disorderneutrophils

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PMCPMC6065055
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