The autoimmune vulnerability of the node of Ranvier. 2023

Luis Querol, and Emilien Delmont, and Cinta Lleixà
Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

The nodes of Ranvier (NoR) are essential domains for nerve conduction and their disruption plays a key role in the pathophysiology of immune-mediated neuropathies. Our understanding of the specialized nodal regions and the immune mechanisms that affect them is growing and has led to the update of peripheral neuropathy classification to include the autoimmune nodopathies, defined by the site of the autoimmune attack. Autoantibodies directed against molecules of the nodal region (as neurofascin-140/186, neurofascin-155, contactin-1, contactin-associated protein 1, contactin-associated protein 2, gangliosides, LGI4, or myelin-associated glycoprotein), macrophage-induced paranodal demyelination, and phenotypic changes of the nodal domains of Schwann cells have been identified as key mechanisms in the pathogenesis of the autoimmune neuropathies. This review explores the current knowledge of the autoimmune vulnerability of the NoR, including the underlying mechanisms leading to dysfunction in the diverse autoimmune disorders.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010523 Peripheral Nervous System Diseases Diseases of the peripheral nerves external to the brain and spinal cord, which includes diseases of the nerve roots, ganglia, plexi, autonomic nerves, sensory nerves, and motor nerves. Peripheral Nerve Diseases,Peripheral Neuropathies,PNS (Peripheral Nervous System) Diseases,PNS Diseases,Peripheral Nervous System Disease,Peripheral Nervous System Disorders,Nerve Disease, Peripheral,Nerve Diseases, Peripheral,Neuropathy, Peripheral,PNS Disease,Peripheral Nerve Disease,Peripheral Neuropathy
D011901 Ranvier's Nodes Regularly spaced gaps in the myelin sheaths of peripheral axons. Ranvier's nodes allow saltatory conduction, that is, jumping of impulses from node to node, which is faster and more energetically favorable than continuous conduction. Nodes of Ranvier,Nodes, Ranvier's,Ranvier Nodes,Ranviers Nodes
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001323 Autoantibodies Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them. Autoantibody
D012583 Schwann Cells Neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system which form the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons. Schwann Cell,Cell, Schwann,Cells, Schwann
D058966 Contactins A family of immunoglobulin-related cell adhesion molecules that are involved in NERVOUS SYSTEM patterning.

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