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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is characterized by concurrence of optic neuritis and transverse myelitis, which is typically associated with a spinal cord lesion extending three or more vertebral segments. NMO is an inflammatory, demyelinating central nervous system disorder, and although it has a
OBJECTIVE
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is characterized by selective inflammation of the spinal cord and optic nerves but is distinct from multiple sclerosis (MS). Interferon (IFN)-β mitigates disease activity in MS, but is controversial in NMO, with a few reports of disease worsening after IFN-β
BACKGROUND
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a disease with autoimmune characteristics. A genetic autoimmune dependency for NMO has not been clarified in detail.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate immunogenetic aspects of NMO.
METHODS
Forty-one patients with NMO and 42 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) were
Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (Map) is the etiological agent of Paratuberculosis in ruminants. Protein tyrosine phosphatase A (PtpA) and protein kinase G (PknG) are secreted proteins necessary for the survival of the pathogen within macrophages. In this study we analyzed if Map was able