- of a
normal response to a
pathological problem, it is
referred to as
astrocytopathy.
Reactive astrocytes may
benefit or harm
surrounding neural and non-neural...
-
Autoimmune GFAP
Astrocytopathy is an
autoimmune disease in
which the
immune system of the
patient attacks a
protein of the
nervous system called glial...
- with anti-GFAP
antibodies was described.
Patients with
autoimmune GFAP
astrocytopathy developed meningoencephalomyelitis with
inflammation of the meninges...
-
predicted a
special meningoencephalomyelitis termed autoimmune GFAP
Astrocytopathy that
later was
found also to be able to
appear as a myelitis. Myelitis...
-
glymphatic system. Thus,
NMOSD involving AQP4-IgG can be
considered an
astrocytopathy or
autoimmune astrocytic channelopathy,
since the
astrocytes are semi-selectively...
- GFAP- and GFAP+ cases. The
second is
related to the
autoimmune GFAP
astrocytopathy.
Naegleria fowleri (percolozoa)
Trypanosoma brucei (euglenozoa) Toxoplasma...
-
negative for the
aquaporin 4 (AQP-4) antibody. However, most
NMOSD is an
astrocytopathy,
specifically an AQP4 antibody-****ociated disease,
whereas MOG antibody-****ociated...
- by KiM1P or CD68,
damage to the
axons shown by
Bielschowsky stain,
astrocytopathy shown by
glial fibrillary acidic protein, and
different lymphocyte subtypes...
-
significant pathologies involving astrocytes include astrogliosis and
astrocytopathy.
Examples of
these include multiple sclerosis, anti-AQP4+ neuromyelitis...
- channelopathy" for
these diseases,
while others prefer a more
generic term "AQP4-
astrocytopathy" that
includes also
problems in AQP4 with a non-autoimmune origin. After...
