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Functional monovalency amplifies the pathogenicity of anti-MuSK IgG4 in myasthenia gravis

Human immunoglobulin (Ig) G4 usually displays antiinflammatory activity, and observations of IgG4 autoantibodies causing severe autoimmune disorders are therefore poorly understood. In blood, IgG4 naturally engages in a stochastic process termed “Fab-arm exchange” in which unrelated IgG4s exchange h...

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Autores principales: Vergoossen, Dana L. E., Plomp, Jaap J., Gstöttner, Christoph, Fillié-Grijpma, Yvonne E., Augustinus, Roy, Verpalen, Robyn, Wuhrer, Manfred, Parren, Paul W. H. I., Dominguez-Vega, Elena, van der Maarel, Silvère M., Verschuuren, Jan J., Huijbers, Maartje G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8020787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33753489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020635118