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Autoantibody-induced apoptosis as a possible mechanism of autoimmune retinopathy

Adamus, Grazyna·2003·Autoimmunity Reviews

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Circulating antibodies specific to retinal proteins have been associated with retinal dysfunction in patients with retinopathy. Anti-recoverin antibodies found in patients with cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR) represent a unique model to study the relationship between retinal degeneration and autoimmunity. A body of evidence from in vitro and in vivo studies indicates that anti-recoverin autoantibodies are cytotoxic to retinal cells and induce apoptotic death of retinal photoreceptor cells, which leads to the degeneration of the photoreceptor cell layer. Similar to anti-recoverin autoantibodies, antibodies with other retinal specificities induce their target retinal cell death by activating a caspase 3-dependent apoptotic pathway. Thus, autoantibody-induced apoptosis may be a common pathway that leads to retinal death and blindness.

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  • All eye tissues except the lens contain antibodies.

    “All eye tissues except for the lens contain antibodies, and antibodies have been shown to be capable of mediating ocular pathology in multiple contexts21–25.”

    From Investigation of Cas9 Antibodies in the Human Eye (2022) · cites this paper as [23]

  • Antibodies have been shown to be capable of mediating ocular pathology in multiple contexts.

    “All eye tissues except for the lens contain antibodies, and antibodies have been shown to be capable of mediating ocular pathology in multiple contexts21–25.”

    From Investigation of Cas9 Antibodies in the Human Eye (2022) · cites this paper as [23]

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Authors
Adamus, G.
Affiliations
Oregon Health & Science University (US)
Corresponding author
Adamus, Grazyna
Venue
Autoimmunity Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2003-03
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
63-68
ISSN
1568-9972 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2093860835
Cited by
102
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 5
FWCI
1.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Autoimmunity Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Retinal Development and Disorders
Keywords
autoimmune retinopathy, autoantibodies, apoptosis, cancer-associated retinopathy, photoreceptor cell death, retinal degeneration, caspase-3, retinal proteins, blindness
MeSH terms
Animals, Autoantibodies, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Enzyme Activation, Eye Proteins, Humans, Lipoproteins, Models, Biological, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Retinal Degeneration, Retinal Diseases, Apoptosis, Caspases, Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate, Hippocalcin, Recoverin

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