Multiple sclerosis in the Japanese population

J Kira - The Lancet Neurology, 2003 - thelancet.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) in Asian populations is characterised by the selective and severe
involvement of the optic nerve and spinal cord as well as low prevalence rates. 15–40% of …

Worldwide incidence and prevalence of neuromyelitis optica: a systematic review

V Papp, M Magyari, O Aktas, T Berger, SA Broadley… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective Since the last epidemiologic review of neuromyelitis optica/neuromyelitis optica
spectrum disorder (NMO/NMOSD), 22 additional studies have been conducted. We …

Demyelinating and axonal features of Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease with mutations of myelin‐related proteins (PMP22, MPZ and Cx32): a clinicopathological study of …

N Hattori, M Yamamoto, T Yoshihara, H Koike… - Brain, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Three genes commonly causing Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMT) encode myelin‐
related proteins: peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22), myelin protein zero (MPZ) and …

Intrathecal activation of the IL-17/IL-8 axis in opticospinal multiple sclerosis

T Ishizu, M Osoegawa, FJ Mei, H Kikuchi, M Tanaka… - Brain, 2005 - academic.oup.com
There are two distinct subtypes of multiple sclerosis in Asians, opticospinal (OS-multiple
sclerosis) and conventional (C-multiple sclerosis). In OS-multiple sclerosis, selective and …

Intracellular Aβ42 activates p53 promoter: a pathway to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

Y Ohyagi, H Asahara, DH Chui, Y Tsuruta… - The FASEB …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The amyloid β‐protein (Aβ) ending at 42 plays a pivotal role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We
have reported previously that intracellular Aβ42 is associated with neuronal apoptosis in …

Western versus Asian types of multiple sclerosis: immunogenetically and clinically distinct disorders

K Yamasaki, JI Kira, Y Kawano… - Annals of Neurology …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The polymorphism of HLA‐DRBI,‐DRB3, and‐DRB5 genes as well as magnetic resonance
images of the brain and spinal cord were studied in 57 Japanese patients with multiple …

Heterogeneity of aquaporin-4 autoimmunity and spinal cord lesions in multiple sclerosis in Japanese

T Matsuoka, T Matsushita, Y Kawano, M Osoegawa… - Brain, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Opticospinal multiple sclerosis (OSMS) in Asians has similar features to the relapsing–
remitting form of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) seen in Westerners. OSMS is suggested to be …

In vivo infection of human T-cell leukemia virus type I in non-T cells

Y Koyanagi, Y Itoyama, N Nakamura, K Takamatsu… - Virology, 1993 - Elsevier
Using three different procedures, immunomagnetic isolation, FACS and panning, each of the
T4 cell, T8 cell, monocyte, and B cell population was fractionated from peripheral blood …

Paranodal dissection in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with anti-neurofascin-155 and anti-contactin-1 antibodies

H Koike, M Kadoya, K Kaida, S Ikeda… - Journal of Neurology …, 2017 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To investigate the morphological features of chronic inflammatory demyelinating
polyneuropathy (CIDP) with autoantibodies directed against paranodal junctional …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristic cerebrospinal fluid cytokine/chemokine profiles in neuromyelitis optica, relapsing remitting or primary progressive multiple sclerosis

T Matsushita, T Tateishi, N Isobe, T Yonekawa… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Differences in cytokine/chemokine profiles among patients with neuromyelitis
optica (NMO), relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), and primary progressive MS …