[HTML][HTML] Antibody-associated epilepsies: clinical features, evidence for immunotherapies and future research questions

OD Bakpa, M Reuber, SR Irani - Seizure, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose The growing recognition of epilepsies and encephalopathies associated with
autoantibodies against surface neuronal proteins (LGI1, NMDAR, CASPR2, GABA BR, and …

Inhibitory axons are targeted in hippocampal cell culture by anti-Caspr2 autoantibodies associated with limbic encephalitis

D Pinatel, B Hivert, J Boucraut… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Contactin-associated protein-like 2 (Caspr2), also known as CNTNAP2, is a cell adhesion
molecule that clusters voltage-gated potassium channels (Kv1. 1/1.2) at the juxtaparanodes …

Autoantibodies to neuronal antigens in children with new‐onset seizures classified according to the revised ILAE organization of seizures and epilepsies

J Suleiman, S Wright, D Gill, F Brilot, P Waters… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Potentially pathogenic autoantibodies are found increasingly in adults with seizure
disorders, including focal seizures and those of unknown cause. In this study, we …

IgG leakage may contribute to neuronal dysfunction in drug-refractory epilepsies with blood-brain barrier disruption

Z Michalak, A Lebrun, MD Miceli… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Focal epilepsies are often associated with blood-brain barrier disruption. In 4 entorhinal
cortex tissue samples and 13 hippocampal samples from patients with pharmacoresistent …

Autoimmune epilepsy

A Greco, MI Rizzo, A De Virgilio, M Conte, A Gallo… - Autoimmunity …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that epilepsy is the third most common chronic brain disorder, relatively little
is known about the processes leading to the generation of seizures. Accumulating data …

ADAM22 and ADAM23 modulate the targeting of the Kv1 channel-associated protein LGI1 to the axon initial segment

B Hivert, L Marien, KN Agbam… - Journal of Cell …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
The distribution of the voltage-gated Kv1 K+ channels at the axon initial segment (AIS)
influences neuronal intrinsic excitability. The Kv1. 1 and Kv1. 2 (also known as KCNA1 and …

The challenges and innovations for therapy in children with epilepsy

JM Wilmshurst, AT Berg, L Lagae, CR Newton… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Major advances have been made in the diagnosis, evaluation and management of children
with epilepsy over the past 15 years. There has been a marked increase in genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Autoimmune encephalitis—new awareness, challenging questions

SR Irani, A Vincent - Discovery medicine, 2011 - discoverymedicine.com
The field of autoimmune encephalopathies has expanded rapidly in the last few years. It is
now well-established that a substantial proportion of encephalitides are associated with …

Drebrin autoantibodies in patients with seizures and suspected encephalitis

J Pitsch, D Kamalizade, A Braun, JC Kuehn… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Assess occurrence of the dendritic spine scaffolding protein Drebrin as a
pathophysiologically relevant autoantibody target in patients with recurrent seizures and …

Encephalitis with antibodies against the GABAB receptor: seizures as the most common presentation at admission

X Chen, F Liu, JM Li, X Xie, Q Wang, D Zhou… - Neurological …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Autoimmune encephalitis associated with antibodies against gamma-
aminobutyric-acid B receptor (GABABR) has not been described in detail in Chinese …