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ReviewNeuropharmacology2021

The diverse and complex modes of action of anti-NMDA receptor autoantibodies.

Lonnie P Wollmuth, Kelvin Chan, Laurent Groc

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Review in Neuropharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Lonnie P WollmuthDepartment of Neurobiology & Behavior, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, USA; Center for Nervous System Disorders. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-5230, USA. Electronic address: lonnie.wollmuth@stonybrook.edu.
Kelvin ChanGraduate Program in Neuroscience, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), USA; Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, USA.
Laurent GrocUniv. de Bordeaux, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, UMR 5297, F-33000, Bordeaux, France; CNRS, IINS UMR, 5297, Bordeaux, France.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRSociety for Neuroscience · USStony Brook University · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008444 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI FROHMAN, MICHAEL A. · 1992 to 2024
$12.6M
CELLULAR NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE VERTEBRATE RETINAR01EY003821 · NEI · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI WOLLMUTH, LONNIE P · 1985 to 2019
$8.1M
Minority Supplement for Noele CertainR01NS088479 · NINDS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI WOLLMUTH, LONNIE P · 2015 to 2023
$3.9M
Mechanism and physiology of NMDA receptor desensitizationF30MH115618 · NIMH · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI CHAN, KELVIN · 2017 to 2020
$152k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY003821NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008444NIMH NIH HHS F30 MH115618NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NMDA receptors are ligand-gated ion channels that are found throughout the brain and are required for both brain development and many higher order functions. A variety of human patients with diverse clinical phenotypes have been identified that carry autoantibodies directed against NMDA receptor subunits. Here we focus on two general classes of autoantibodies, anti-GluN1 antibodies associated with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and anti-GluN2 antibodies associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). These two general classes of anti-NMDA receptor autoantibodies display a wide range of pathophysiological mechanisms from altering synaptic composition to gating of NMDARs. While we have made progress in understanding how these autoantibodies work at the molecular and cellular level, many unanswered questions remain including their long-term actions on brain function, the significance of clonal variations, and their effects on different NMDA receptor-expressing cell types in local circuits. This information will be needed to define fully the transition from anti-NMDA receptor autoantibodies to a clinical phenotype.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor EncephalitisAutoantibodiesHumansLupus Erythematosus, SystemicLupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous SystemMiceReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartateanti-NMDA receptor autoantibodyAutoantibodiesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateAnti-NMDA receptor EncephalitisNeuropsychiatric lupus (NPLSE)Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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PMID34081993
PMCPMC8693782
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