ISSN:
0147-006X
Source:
Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Studies of the disorders known as paraneoplastic neurologic degenerations exemplify the successful application of modern molecular biological techniques to diseases, yielding, even for these extremely rare disorders, wide-ranging insight into basic neurobiology, tumor immunity, and autoimmune neurologic disease. Immune responses to paraneoplastic neurologic degeneration antigens, also called onconeural antigens, have been exploited to clone and characterize a number of neuron-specific proteins, including several RNA-binding proteins and new kinds of signaling molecules. The biology and functions of these proteins are reviewed, and a model in which their functions are related to the pathogenesis of autoimmune neurologic disease is discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.neuro.24.1.239
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