Introduction to the hotsports and forefront of 2018 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America′s Scientific Session
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1006?7876.2019.09.017
- VernacularTitle:2018年美国重症肌无力基金会科学会议热点与前沿
- Author:
Hao RAN
1
;
Weibin LIU
Author Information
1. 中山大学药学院
- Keywords:
Myasthenia gravis;
Congresses
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neurology
2019;52(9):790-792
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The authors introduced the hotspots and forefront of 2018 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America′s Scientific Session, including the research forefront and trend of the following:International research hotspots in the myasthenia gravis (MG) had been changed from the most common acetylcholine receptor antibody positive MG (AChR?MG) into other subtypes, particularly muscle specific tyrosine kinase receptor antibody positive MG; The efficacy of thymectomy was effective in the whole AChR?MG group, but not in other MG subgroups; Existing drugs in MG treatment can not achieve the expected effect, so endless new drug development had become a hot field of MG research; In terms of basic research, more attention had been paid to exploring the specific mechanisms involved in MG pathogenesis, including the study of antigen specific B cells and even antigen specific T cells.
