The immunopathogenesis of narcolepsy type 1

RS Liblau, D Latorre, BR Kornum… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a chronic sleep disorder resulting from the loss of a
small population of hypothalamic neurons that produce wake-promoting hypocretin (HCRT; …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics of sleep and sleep disorders

A Sehgal, E Mignot - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
Sleep remains one of the least understood phenomena in biology—even its role in synaptic
plasticity remains debatable. Since sleep was recognized to be regulated genetically …

Autoimmunity to hypocretin and molecular mimicry to flu in type 1 narcolepsy

G Luo, A Ambati, L Lin, M Bonvalet… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Type 1 narcolepsy (T1N) is caused by hypocretin/orexin (HCRT) neuronal loss. Association
with the HLA DQB1* 06: 02/DQA1* 01: 02 (98% vs. 25%) heterodimer (DQ0602), T cell …

Increased incidence and clinical picture of childhood narcolepsy following the 2009 H1N1 pandemic vaccination campaign in Finland

M Partinen, O Saarenpää-Heikkilä, I Ilveskoski… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Narcolepsy is a rare neurological sleep disorder especially in children who are
younger than 10 years. In the beginning of 2010, an exceptionally large number of Finnish …

ImmunoChip study implicates antigen presentation to T cells in narcolepsy

J Faraco, L Lin, BR Kornum, EE Kenny, G Trynka… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Recent advances in the identification of susceptibility genes and environmental exposures
provide broad support for a post-infectious autoimmune basis for narcolepsy/hypocretin …

Genome wide analysis of narcolepsy in China implicates novel immune loci and reveals changes in association prior to versus after the 2009 H1N1 influenza …

F Han, J Faraco, XS Dong, HM Ollila, L Lin, J Li… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Previous studies in narcolepsy, an autoimmune disorder affecting hypocretin (orexin)
neurons and recently associated with H1N1 influenza, have demonstrated significant …

Characterization of T cell receptors reactive to HCRTNH2, pHA273-287, and NP17-31 in control and narcolepsy patients

G Luo, J Zhang, L Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1), a disorder caused by hypocretin/orexin (HCRT) cell loss, is
associated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ0602 (98%) and T cell receptor (TCR) …

Narcolepsy: autoimmunity, effector T cell activation due to infection, or T cell independent, major histocompatibility complex class II induced neuronal loss?

A Fontana, H Gast, W Reith, M Recher, T Birchler… - Brain, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Human narcolepsy with cataplexy is a neurological disorder, which develops due to a
deficiency in hypocretin producing neurons in the hypothalamus. There is a strong …

Investigation of an association between onset of narcolepsy and vaccination with pandemic influenza vaccine, Ireland April 2009-December 2010

D O'flanagan, AS Barret, M Foley, S Cotter… - …, 2014 - eurosurveillance.org
Investigation of an association between onset of narcolepsy and vaccination with pandemic
influenza vaccine, Ireland April 2009- Page 1 5 www.eurosurveillance.org Research articles …

Narcolepsy type I-associated DNA methylation and gene expression changes in the human leukocyte antigen region

K Yoshida-Tanaka, M Shimada, Y Honda… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is caused by a loss of hypothalamic orexin-producing
cells, and autoreactive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells have been suggested to play a role in the …