International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravis: 2020 update

P Narayanaswami, DB Sanders, G Wolfe, M Benatar… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To update the 2016 formal consensus-based guidance for the management of
myasthenia gravis (MG) based on the latest evidence in the literature. Methods In October …

Complement in human disease: approved and up-and-coming therapeutics

EE West, T Woodruff, V Fremeaux-Bacchi, C Kemper - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
The complement system is recognised as a protector against blood-borne pathogens and a
controller of immune system and tissue homoeostasis. However, dysregulated complement …

Complement in neurological disorders and emerging complement-targeted therapeutics

MC Dalakas, H Alexopoulos, PJ Spaeth - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
The complement system consists of a network of plasma and membrane proteins that
modulate tissue homeostasis and contribute to immune surveillance by interacting with the …

Advances and ongoing research in the treatment of autoimmune neuromuscular junction disorders

JJGM Verschuuren, J Palace, H Murai… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Myasthenia gravis and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome are antibody-
mediated autoimmune diseases of the neuromuscular junction that usually present with …

New therapies for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

M Levy, K Fujihara, J Palace - The Lancet Neurology, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder is an autoimmune disease of the CNS
that primarily affects the optic nerves and spinal cord. Most patients have serum antibodies …

Long-term efficacy and safety of ravulizumab in adults with anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis: results from the phase 3 …

A Meisel, D Annane, T Vu, R Mantegazza… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Ravulizumab demonstrated efficacy and an acceptable safety profile versus
placebo in the randomized controlled period (RCP) of the phase 3 CHAMPION MG trial in …

Clinical effects of the self-administered subcutaneous complement inhibitor zilucoplan in patients with moderate to severe generalized myasthenia gravis: results of a …

JF Howard, RJ Nowak, GI Wolfe, ML Freimer… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Many patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) have substantial
clinical disability, persistent disease burden, and adverse effects attributable to chronic …

Current treatment of myasthenia gravis

MK Alhaidar, S Abumurad, B Soliven… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is the most extensively studied antibody-mediated disease in
humans. Substantial progress has been made in the treatment of MG in the last century …

Novel immunotherapies for myasthenia gravis

SS Nair, S Jacob - ImmunoTargets and therapy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Myasthenia gravis (MG), a prototype autoimmune neurological disease, had its therapy
centred on corticosteroids, non-steroidal broad-spectrum immunotherapy and …

Myasthenia gravis: pathogenic effects of autoantibodies on neuromuscular architecture

I Koneczny, R Herbst - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ).
Autoantibodies target key molecules at the NMJ, such as the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor …