Search for dissertations about: "myasthenia gravis"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words myasthenia gravis.

  2. 16. HLA and disease : studies in patients with arthritis, diabetes, inflammatory bowel diseases, kidney stone disease and myasthenia gravis

    Author : Jan Säfwenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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  4. 17. Genetic control of myasthenia gravis : a study on cytokine and co-stimulator genes and their related functions

    Author : DeRen Huang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a classical autoimmune disease characterised by muscle weakness due to an immune attack against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AchR) on the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction. The aim of the study was to identify the role of the genes encoding potential immune components, such as TNF, IL-1, IL-1 receptor antagonist, IL-4, IL-10, and cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) in the pathogenesis of MG. READ MORE

  5. 18. Genetic study of autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia and familial myasthenia gravis : linkage analysis, candidate gene cloning and mutation detection

    Author : Fang-Yuan Li; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Identification of genes responsible for familial human diseases is a major task of medical genetics. In this process, linkage analysis, candidate gene screening and mutation detection are the three major steps (Paper I-VI). READ MORE

  6. 19. Biochemical and immunological characterization of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo marmorata electric organ

    Author : Lena Elfman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Neuronal information transfer in vertebrate skeletal muscle and in the electric organ of e.g. Torpedo is mediated by acetylcholine (ACh). The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) complex translates the binding of ACh into permeability changes. READ MORE

  7. 20. Cytokine-modulated dendritic cell immunotherapy in autoimmune diseases

    Author : Sanjaya Bandara Adikari; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Autoimmunity is the result of failure of self-tolerance processes. When the immune system fails to differentiate self from foreign, the effector mechanisms are directed towards the individual s own tissues, and pathological autoimmune disease results. READ MORE