Plasmablasts as Migratory IgG-Producing Cells in the Pathogenesis of Neuromyelitis Optica

• Norio Chihara,

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan, Department of Neurology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Toshimasa Aranami,

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan, Multiple Sclerosis Center, National Center Hospital, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shinji Oki,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan

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• Takako Matsuoka,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan

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• Masakazu Nakamura,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan

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• Hitaru Kishida,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

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• Kazumasa Yokoyama,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshiyuki Kuroiwa,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

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• Nobutaka Hattori,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tomoko Okamoto,

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, National Center Hospital, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan, Multiple Sclerosis Center, National Center Hospital, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan

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• Miho Murata,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, National Center Hospital, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tatsushi Toda,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Sachiko Miyake,

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan, Multiple Sclerosis Center, National Center Hospital, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takashi Yamamura

  * E-mail: yamamura@ncnp.go.jp

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan, Multiple Sclerosis Center, National Center Hospital, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan

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