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Mutations of optineurin in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
About 10% of cases of the motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are familial, but the small number of mutations so far identified account for only around 20–30% of the those cases. A new stu...
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Open AccessESCRT-0 dysfunction compromises autophagic degradation of protein aggregates and facilitates ER stress-mediated neurodegeneration via apoptotic and necroptotic pathways
Endosomal sorting required for transport (ESCRT) complexes orchestrate endo-lysosomal sorting of ubiquitinated proteins, multivesicular body formation and autophagic degradation. Defects in the ESCRT pathway h...
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Open AccessIn vitro exercise model using contractile human and mouse hybrid myotubes
Contraction of cultured myotubes with application of electric pulse stimulation (EPS) has been utilized for investigating cellular responses associated with actual contractile activity. However, cultured myotu...
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Open AccessProgressive patterns of neurological disability in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders
The progressive patterns of neurological disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) and the significance of clinical relapses to the progressions of neurological ...
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Open AccessWhite blood cell count profiles in multiple sclerosis during attacks before the initiation of acute and chronic treatments
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a major demyelinating disease of the central nervous system; however, its exact mechanism is unknown. This study aimed to elucidate the profile of white blood cells (WBCs) in the acu...
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Open AccessFeeder-supported in vitro exercise model using human satellite cells from patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis
Contractile activity is a fundamental property of skeletal muscles. We describe the establishment of a “feeder-supported in vitro exercise model” using human-origin primary satellite cells, allowing highly-dev...
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Open AccessRSPO3 is a novel contraction-inducible factor identified in an “in vitro exercise model” using primary human myotubes
The physiological significance of skeletal muscle as a secretory organ is now well known but we can only speculate as to the existence of as-yet-unidentified myokines, especially those upregulated in response ...
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Open AccessWhite blood cell count profiles in anti-aquaporin-4 antibody seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease
White blood cell (WBC) count profiles in anti-aquaporin-4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (AQP4-NMOSD) and anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) ...
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Open AccessAnti-aquaporin-4 immune complex stimulates complement-dependent Th17 cytokine release in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders
Proinflammatory cytokines, such as (IL: interleukin) IL-6 and IL-17A, and complement fixation are critical in the immunopathogenesis of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). Blocking the IL-6 recept...
