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  1. Article ; Online: From astrocyte destruction to axon injury: watching lesion evolution in experimental neuromyelitis optica.

    Bradl, Monika

    Brain : a journal of neurology

    2022  Volume 145, Issue 5, Page(s) 1581–1583

    MeSH term(s) Aquaporin 4/metabolism ; Astrocytes/metabolism ; Axons/pathology ; Brain/pathology ; Humans ; Neuromyelitis Optica/pathology
    Chemical Substances Aquaporin 4
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 80072-7
    ISSN 1460-2156 ; 0006-8950
    ISSN (online) 1460-2156
    ISSN 0006-8950
    DOI 10.1093/brain/awac141
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  2. Book: Gehirn und Nervensystem

    Bradl, Monika / Weninger, Wolfgang Johann

    MCW - Block 19 ; [mit pathologisch-histologischen Farbtafeln und Erläuterungen]

    2015  

    Author's details Wolfgang J. Weninger (Hg.) [Autorinnen und Autoren: Monika Bradl ...]
    Keywords Nervenkrankheit
    Subject Nervenkrankheiten ; Neurologische Erkrankung ; Neurologische Krankheit ; Nervensystem ; Nervensystemkrankheit ; Nervous disease
    Language German
    Size 216 S. : Ill., graph. Darst., 240 mm x 170 mm
    Edition 9., aktualisierte und erg. Aufl.
    Publisher Facultas
    Publishing place Wien
    Publishing country Austria
    Document type Book
    HBZ-ID HT018565909
    ISBN 978-3-7089-1291-2 ; 3-7089-1291-8
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  3. Article ; Online: Multiple sclerosis: experimental models and reality.

    Lassmann, Hans / Bradl, Monika

    Acta neuropathologica

    2016  Volume 133, Issue 2, Page(s) 223–244

    Abstract: One of the most frequent statements, provided in different variations in the introduction of experimental studies on multiple sclerosis (MS), is that "Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating autoimmune disease and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis ( ...

    Abstract One of the most frequent statements, provided in different variations in the introduction of experimental studies on multiple sclerosis (MS), is that "Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating autoimmune disease and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a suitable model to study its pathogenesis". However, so far, no single experimental model covers the entire spectrum of the clinical, pathological, or immunological features of the disease. Many different models are available, which proved to be highly useful for studying different aspects of inflammation, demyelination, remyelination, and neurodegeneration in the central nervous system. However, the relevance of results from such models for MS pathogenesis has to be critically validated. Current EAE models are mainly based on inflammation, induced by auto-reactive CD4
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental ; Humans ; Multiple Sclerosis
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-10-20
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1079-0
    ISSN 1432-0533 ; 0001-6322
    ISSN (online) 1432-0533
    ISSN 0001-6322
    DOI 10.1007/s00401-016-1631-4
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  4. Article: Neurologic autoimmunity: mechanisms revealed by animal models.

    Bradl, Monika / Lassmann, Hans

    Handbook of clinical neurology

    2016  Volume 133, Page(s) 121–143

    Abstract: Over the last decade, neurologic autoimmunity has become a major consideration in the diagnosis and management of patients with many neurologic presentations. The nature of the associated antibodies and their targets has led to appreciation of the ... ...

    Abstract Over the last decade, neurologic autoimmunity has become a major consideration in the diagnosis and management of patients with many neurologic presentations. The nature of the associated antibodies and their targets has led to appreciation of the importance of the accessibility of the target antigen to antibodies, and a partial understanding of the different mechanisms that can follow antibody binding. This chapter will first describe the basic principles of autoimmune inflammation and tissue damage in the central and peripheral nervous system, and will then demonstrate what has been learnt about neurologic autoimmunity from circumstantial clinical evidence and from passive, active, and occasionally spontaneous or genetic animal models. It will cover neurologic autoimmune diseases ranging from disorders of neuromuscular transmission, peripheral and ganglionic neuropathy, to diseases of the central nervous system, where autoantibodies are either pathogenic and cause destruction or changes in function of their targets, where they are harmless bystanders of T-cell-mediated tissue damage, or are not involved at all. Finally, this chapter will summarize the relevance of current animal models for studying the different neurologic autoimmune diseases, and it will identify aspects where future animal models need to be improved to better reflect the disease reality experienced by affected patients, e.g., the chronicity or the relapsing/remitting nature of their disease.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System/immunology ; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System/therapy ; Autoimmunity ; Disease Models, Animal ; Humans ; Neurology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 0072-9752
    ISSN 0072-9752
    DOI 10.1016/B978-0-444-63432-0.00008-6
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  5. Article ; Online: Mechanisms for lesion localization in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.

    Bradl, Monika / Reindl, Markus / Lassmann, Hans

    Current opinion in neurology

    2018  Volume 31, Issue 3, Page(s) 325–333

    Abstract: Purpose of review: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are severe inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), with the presence of aquaporin 4 (AQP4)-specific serum antibodies in the vast majority of patients, and with the ... ...

    Abstract Purpose of review: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are severe inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), with the presence of aquaporin 4 (AQP4)-specific serum antibodies in the vast majority of patients, and with the presence of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-specific antibodies in approximately 40% of all AQP4-antibody negative NMOSD patients. Despite differences in antigen recognition, the preferred sites of lesions are similar in both groups of patients: They localize to the spinal cord and to the anterior visual pathway including retina, optic nerves, chiasm, and optic tracts, and - to lesser extent - also to certain predilection sites in the brain.
    Recent findings: The involvement of T cells in the formation of NMOSD lesions has been challenged for quite some time. However, several recent findings demonstrate the key role of T cells for lesion formation and localization. Studies on the evolution of lesions in the spinal cord of NMOSD patients revealed a striking similarity of early NMOSD lesions with those observed in corresponding T-cell-induced animal models, both in lesion formation and in lesion localization. Studies on retinal abnormalities in NMOSD patients and corresponding animals revealed the importance of T cells for the very early stages of retinal lesions which eventually culminate in damage to Müller cells and to the retinal nerve fiber layer. Finally, a study on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier pathology demonstrated that NMOSD immunopathology extends beyond perivascular astrocytic foot processes to include the pia, the ependyma, and the choroid plexus, and that diffusion of antibodies from the CSF could further influence lesion formation in NMOSD patients.
    Summary: The pathological changes observed in AQP4-antibody positive and MOG-antibody positive NMOSD patients are strikingly similar to those found in corresponding animal models, and many mechanisms which determine lesion localization in experimental animals seem to closely reflect the human situation.
    MeSH term(s) Aquaporin 4/immunology ; Autoantibodies ; Brain/immunology ; Brain/pathology ; Humans ; Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein/immunology ; Neuromyelitis Optica/immunology ; Neuromyelitis Optica/pathology ; Retina/immunology ; Retina/pathology ; Spinal Cord/immunology ; Spinal Cord/pathology
    Chemical Substances Aquaporin 4 ; Autoantibodies ; Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-02-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1182686-1
    ISSN 1473-6551 ; 1350-7540
    ISSN (online) 1473-6551
    ISSN 1350-7540
    DOI 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000551
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  6. Article ; Online: Paths to hippocampal damage in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.

    Zakani, Mona / Nigritinou, Magdalini / Ponleitner, Markus / Takai, Yoshiki / Hofmann, Daniel / Hillebrand, Sophie / Höftberger, Romana / Bauer, Jan / Lasztoczi, Balint / Misu, Tatsuro / Kasprian, Gregor / Rommer, Paulus / Bradl, Monika

    Neuropathology and applied neurobiology

    2023  Volume 49, Issue 2, Page(s) e12893

    Abstract: Aims: Many patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) suffer from cognitive impairment affecting memory, processing speed and attention and suffer from depressive symptoms. Because some of these manifestations could trace back to the ... ...

    Abstract Aims: Many patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) suffer from cognitive impairment affecting memory, processing speed and attention and suffer from depressive symptoms. Because some of these manifestations could trace back to the hippocampus, several magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have been performed in the past, with a number of groups describing volume loss of the hippocampus in NMOSD patients, whereas others did not observe such changes. Here, we addressed these discrepancies.
    Methods: We performed pathological and MRI studies on the hippocampi of NMOSD patients, combined with detailed immunohistochemical analysis of hippocampi from experimental models of NMOSD.
    Results: We identified different pathological scenarios for hippocampal damage in NMOSD and its experimental models. In the first case, the hippocampus was compromised by the initiation of astrocyte injury in this brain region and subsequent local effects of microglial activation and neuronal damage. In the second case, loss of hippocampal volume was seen by MRI in patients with large tissue-destructive lesions in the optic nerves or the spinal cord, and the pathological work-up of tissue derived from a patient with such lesions revealed subsequent retrograde neuronal degeneration affecting different axonal tracts and neuronal networks. It remains to be seen whether remote lesions and associated retrograde neuronal degeneration on their own are sufficient to cause extensive volume loss of the hippocampus, or whether they act in concert with small astrocyte-destructive, microglia-activating lesions in the hippocampus that escape detection by MRI, either due to their small size or due to the chosen time window for examination.
    Conclusions: Different pathological scenarios can culminate in hippocampal volume loss in NMOSD patients.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Neuromyelitis Optica/pathology ; Spinal Cord/pathology ; Brain/pathology ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Hippocampus/pathology ; Autoantibodies ; Aquaporin 4
    Chemical Substances Autoantibodies ; Aquaporin 4
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 80371-6
    ISSN 1365-2990 ; 0305-1846
    ISSN (online) 1365-2990
    ISSN 0305-1846
    DOI 10.1111/nan.12893
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  7. Article: Müller cells and retinal axons can be primary targets in experimental neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

    Zeka, Bleranda / Lassmann, Hans / Bradl, Monika

    Clinical & experimental neuroimmunology

    2017  Volume 8, Issue Suppl Suppl 1, Page(s) 3–7

    Abstract: Recent work from our laboratory, using different models of experimental neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), has led to a number of observations that might be highly relevant for NMOSD patients. For example: (i) in the presence of ... ...

    Abstract Recent work from our laboratory, using different models of experimental neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), has led to a number of observations that might be highly relevant for NMOSD patients. For example: (i) in the presence of neuromyelitis optica immunoglobulin G, astrocyte-destructive lesions can be initiated by CD4+ T cells when these cells recognize aquaporin 4 (AQP4), but also when they recognize other antigens of the central nervous system. The only important prerequisite is that the T cells have to be activated within the central nervous system by "their" specific antigen. Recently activated CD4+ T cells with yet unknown antigen specificity are also found in human NMOSD lesions. (ii) The normal immune repertoire might contain AQP4-specific T cells, which are highly encephalitogenic on activation. (iii) The retina might be a primary target of AQP4-specific T cells and neuromyelitis optica immunoglobulin G: AQP4-specific T cells alone are sufficient to cause retinitis with low-grade axonal pathology in the retinal nerve fiber/ganglionic cell layer. A thinning of these layers is also observed in NMOSD patients, where it is thought to be a consequence of optic neuritis. Neuromyelitis optica immunoglobulin G might target cellular processes of Müller cells and cause their loss of AQP4 reactivity, when AQP4-specific T cells open the blood-retina barrier in the outer plexiform layer. Patchy loss of AQP4 reactivity on Müller cells of NMOSD patients has been recently described. Cumulatively, our findings in experimental NMOSD suggest that both CD4+ T cell and antibody responses directed against AQP4 might play an important role in the pathogenesis of tissue destruction seen in NMOSD.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-01-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 1759-1961
    ISSN 1759-1961
    DOI 10.1111/cen3.12345
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  8. Article ; Online: Experimental models of neuromyelitis optica.

    Bradl, Monika / Lassmann, Hans

    Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland)

    2013  Volume 24, Issue 1, Page(s) 74–82

    Abstract: For a long time, the most important inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), for example, multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO), were extremely hard to differentiate, often with severe consequences for ... ...

    Abstract For a long time, the most important inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), for example, multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO), were extremely hard to differentiate, often with severe consequences for affected patients. This changed with the discovery of NMO-immunoglobulin G (IgG), a specific autoantibody which was detected in the vast majority of NMO patients, and with the demonstration that this autoantibody targets aquaporin 4 (AQP4), a water channel found on astrocytes in the CNS. These findings paved the way for the generation of experimental models of NMO. This chapter will discuss the contribution of experimental models to NMO research and what key questions remain to be addressed.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Aquaporin 4/immunology ; Central Nervous System/immunology ; Central Nervous System/pathology ; Cytokines/therapeutic use ; Disease Models, Animal ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G/immunology ; Neuromyelitis Optica/diagnosis ; Neuromyelitis Optica/drug therapy ; Neuromyelitis Optica/immunology
    Chemical Substances Aquaporin 4 ; Cytokines ; Immunoglobulin G
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-12-18
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1051484-3
    ISSN 1750-3639 ; 1015-6305
    ISSN (online) 1750-3639
    ISSN 1015-6305
    DOI 10.1111/bpa.12098
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  9. Article ; Online: Dissection of complement and Fc-receptor-mediated pathomechanisms of autoantibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein.

    Mader, Simone / Ho, Samantha / Wong, Hoi Kiu / Baier, Selia / Winklmeier, Stephan / Riemer, Carolina / Rübsamen, Heike / Fernandez, Iris Marti / Gerhards, Ramona / Du, Cuilian / Chuquisana, Omar / Lünemann, Jan D / Lux, Anja / Nimmerjahn, Falk / Bradl, Monika / Kawakami, Naoto / Meinl, Edgar

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2023  Volume 120, Issue 13, Page(s) e2300648120

    Abstract: Autoantibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) have recently been established to define a new disease entity, MOG-antibody-associated disease (MOGAD), which is clinically overlapping with multiple sclerosis. MOG-specific antibodies (Abs) ...

    Abstract Autoantibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) have recently been established to define a new disease entity, MOG-antibody-associated disease (MOGAD), which is clinically overlapping with multiple sclerosis. MOG-specific antibodies (Abs) from patients are pathogenic, but the precise effector mechanisms are currently still unknown and no therapy is approved for MOGAD. Here, we determined the contributions of complement and Fc-receptor (FcR)-mediated effects in the pathogenicity of MOG-Abs. Starting from a recombinant anti-MOG (mAb) with human IgG1 Fc, we established MOG-specific mutant mAbs with differential FcR and C1q binding. We then applied selected mutants of this MOG-mAb in two animal models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. First, we found MOG-mAb-induced demyelination was mediated by both complement and FcRs about equally. Second, we found that MOG-Abs enhanced activation of cognate MOG-specific T cells in the central nervous system (CNS), which was dependent on FcR-, but not C1q-binding. The identification of complement-dependent and -independent pathomechanisms of MOG-Abs has implications for therapeutic strategies in MOGAD.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein ; Autoantibodies ; Receptors, Fc ; Multiple Sclerosis ; Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental ; Complement System Proteins ; Antibodies, Monoclonal
    Chemical Substances Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein ; Autoantibodies ; Receptors, Fc ; Complement System Proteins (9007-36-7) ; Antibodies, Monoclonal
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2300648120
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  10. Article: Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein: Deciphering a Target in Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases.

    Peschl, Patrick / Bradl, Monika / Höftberger, Romana / Berger, Thomas / Reindl, Markus

    Frontiers in immunology

    2017  Volume 8, Page(s) 529

    Abstract: Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), a member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily, is a myelin protein solely expressed at the outermost surface of myelin sheaths and oligodendrocyte membranes. This makes MOG a potential target of cellular and ... ...

    Abstract Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), a member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily, is a myelin protein solely expressed at the outermost surface of myelin sheaths and oligodendrocyte membranes. This makes MOG a potential target of cellular and humoral immune responses in inflammatory demyelinating diseases. Due to its late postnatal developmental expression, MOG is an important marker for oligodendrocyte maturation. Discovered about 30 years ago, it is one of the best-studied autoantigens for experimental autoimmune models for multiple sclerosis (MS). Human studies, however, have yielded controversial results on the role of MOG, especially MOG antibodies (Abs), as a biomarker in MS. But with improved detection methods using different expression systems to detect Abs in patients' samples, this is meanwhile no longer the case. Using cell-based assays with recombinant full-length, conformationally intact MOG, several recent studies have revealed that MOG Abs can be found in a subset of predominantly pediatric patients with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), aquaporin-4 (AQP4) seronegative neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), monophasic or recurrent isolated optic neuritis (ON), or transverse myelitis, in atypical MS and in
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2606827-8
    ISSN 1664-3224
    ISSN 1664-3224
    DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00529
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