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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2025

AQP4-specific T cells determine lesion localization in the CNS in a model of NMOSD.

Ali Maisam Afzali, Oleksii Ulianov, Luise Eckardt, Ingrid Stas, Lea Seeholzer, Katja Steiger, Doron Merkler, Thomas Korn

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Article in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors.

Ali Maisam Afzali *Institute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3256-5298
Oleksii Ulianov *Institute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Luise EckardtInstitute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Ingrid StasInstitute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Lea SeeholzerInstitute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Katja SteigerInstitute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich, Trogerstr. 18, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Doron MerklerDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Division of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Centre Médical Universitaire, 1, Rue Michel Servet, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
Thomas KornInstitute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany. thomas.korn@tum.de.ORCID 0000-0002-3633-0955

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 390857198Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 408885537Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung Network of Clinical Neuroscience
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a paradigmatic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS), in which the water channel protein Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is targeted by a self-reactive immune response. While the immunopathology of human NMOSD is largely dependent on antibodies to astrocytic AQP4, the role of AQP4-specific T cells for the localization and quality of NMOSD lesions in the CNS is not known. Only recently, we established that thymic B cells express and present AQP4 in the context of MHC class II molecules to purge the naive T cell receptor repertoire of AQP4-specific clones. Here, we exploited this finding to investigate the lesion localization in the CNS of B cell conditional AQP4-deficient (Aqp4

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Aquaporin 4CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCentral Nervous SystemNeuromyelitis OpticaT-LymphocytesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicSpinal CordAqp4 protein, mouseAquaporin 4AQP4Autoimmune astrocytopathyEAEMOGNMOSDT cells

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PMID39934927
PMCPMC11817536

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