Netanel Karbian, Yael Eshed-Eisenbach, Marian Zeibak, Adi Tabib, Natasha Sukhanov, Anya Vainshtein, B Paul Morgan, Yakov Fellig, Elior Peles, Dror Mevorach
BACKGROUND: Homozygous CD59-deficient patients manifest with recurrent peripheral neuropathy resembling Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), hemolytic anemia and recurrent strokes. Variable mutations in CD59 leading to loss of function have been described and, overall, 17/18 of patients with any mutation presented with recurrent GBS. Here we determine the localization and possible role of membrane-bound complement regulators, including CD59, in the peripheral nervous systems (PNS) of mice and humans...
October 24, 2023: Journal of Neuroinflammation