Two teams of researchers found strikingly different degrees of autoimmune response to Kir4.1 inward rectifying potassium channels among multiple sclerosis patients. At first, the reason for the discrepancy wasn’t obvious.
Ricki Lewis, Ph.D.
When experimental findings disagree, or demonstrate very different strengths of an association, several explanations are...
Recent research suggests new roles for an old biomarker, autoantibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, or MOG, a protein component of myelin. Among the new findings, these anti-MOG antibodies are particularly important in pediatric demyelinating diseases.