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Adaptive immune response to therapy in hmgcr autoantibody myopathy.

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Yi, JS; Russo, MA; Weinhold, KJ; Guptill, JT
Published in: Muscle Nerve
February 2016

INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the response to immunosuppression in a case of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR)-autoantibody myopathy. METHODS: T- and B-cell subsets were determined by flow cytometry pre- and posttherapy. RESULTS: Baseline immune profiling demonstrated strikingly elevated T-follicular helper (Tfh) cells and plasmablasts. Immunosuppression resulted in clinical improvement and decreased Tfh cells, plasmablasts, and autoantibodies. CONCLUSIONS: Immune profiling in HMGCR-autoantibody myopathy suggests a B-cell-mediated disease. Tfh cells and plasmablasts may be therapeutic biomarkers.

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Muscle Nerve

DOI

EISSN

1097-4598

Publication Date

February 2016

Volume

53

Issue

2

Start / End Page

313 / 317

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neural Conduction
  • Muscular Diseases
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases
  • Humans
  • Autoantibodies
  • Adaptive Immunity
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
 

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Yi, J. S., Russo, M. A., Weinhold, K. J., & Guptill, J. T. (2016). Adaptive immune response to therapy in hmgcr autoantibody myopathy. Muscle Nerve, 53(2), 313–317. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.24947
Yi, John S., Melissa A. Russo, Kent J. Weinhold, and Jeffrey T. Guptill. “Adaptive immune response to therapy in hmgcr autoantibody myopathy.Muscle Nerve 53, no. 2 (February 2016): 313–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.24947.
Yi JS, Russo MA, Weinhold KJ, Guptill JT. Adaptive immune response to therapy in hmgcr autoantibody myopathy. Muscle Nerve. 2016 Feb;53(2):313–7.
Yi, John S., et al. “Adaptive immune response to therapy in hmgcr autoantibody myopathy.Muscle Nerve, vol. 53, no. 2, Feb. 2016, pp. 313–17. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/mus.24947.
Yi JS, Russo MA, Weinhold KJ, Guptill JT. Adaptive immune response to therapy in hmgcr autoantibody myopathy. Muscle Nerve. 2016 Feb;53(2):313–317.
Journal cover image

Published In

Muscle Nerve

DOI

EISSN

1097-4598

Publication Date

February 2016

Volume

53

Issue

2

Start / End Page

313 / 317

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neural Conduction
  • Muscular Diseases
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases
  • Humans
  • Autoantibodies
  • Adaptive Immunity
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences