Anti-LGI4 Antibody Is a Novel Juxtaparanodal Autoantibody for Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
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- Received December 10, 2021
- Accepted in final form November 10, 2022
- First Published January 11, 2023.
Author Disclosures
- Xu Zhang, MD, PhD,
- Jun-Ichi Kira, MD, PhD,
- Hidenori Ogata, MD, PhD,
- Tomohiro Imamura, MD, PhD,
- Mikio Mitsuishi, MS,
- Takayuki Fujii, MD, PhD,
- Masaki Kobayashi, MD,
- Kazuo Kitagawa, MD, PhD,
- Yukihiro Namihira, MD,
- Yusuke Ohya, MD, PhD,
- Guzailiayi Maimaitijiang, MD, PhD,
- Ryo Yamasaki, MD, PhD,
- Yuko Fukata, PhD,
- Masaki Fukata, PhD,
- Noriko Isobe, MD, PhD and
- Yuri Nakamura, MD, PhD
- Xu Zhang, MD, PhD,
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Xu Zhang has received grants from JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Nos. <br>JP21K15703 and 19H01045).
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- Jun-Ichi Kira, MD, PhD,
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JK received speaking fees and/or honoraria from (1) <br>Novartis Pharma, (2) Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, (3) <br>Boehringer <br>Ingelheim, (4) Teijin Pharma, (5) the Takeda <br>Pharmaceutical Company, (6) Otsuka Pharmaceutical, (7) <br>Astellas Pharma, (8) Pfizer Japan, and (9) Eisai.
(1) Multiple Sclerosis Journal, Editorial Board Member, <br>2006-, (2) BMC Medicine, Editorial <br>Board Member, 2010-, (3) Journal of the Neurological <br>Sciences, Editorial Board Member, <br>2010-, (4) Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, <br>Editorial Board Member, Section <br>Editor, 2011-, (5) PLOS ONE, Editorial Board Member, <br>2011-, (6) Frontiers in Immunology, <br>Associate Editor, 2017-
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(1) Biogen Japan (consultancy, since 2009)
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(1) Novartis Pharma, (2) Boehringer Ingelheim, (3) Teijin <br>Pharma, (4) Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, (5) Otsuka <br>Pharmaceutical, (6) Astellas Pharma, (7) Pfizer Japan, <br>(8) Eisai, (9) Dainippon-Sumitomo Pharmaceutical, (10) <br>Tanabe-Mitsubishi Pharmaceutical, (11) Japan Blood <br>Products <br>Organization, (12) Bayer, (13) Yamasa corporation
(1) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative <br>Areas (MEXT KAKENHI), 25117012, Principal Investigator, <br>2013-2018, (2) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on <br>Innovative Areas (MEXT KAKENHI), 25117001, Co-<br>investigator, 2013-2018, (3) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific <br>Research on Innovative Areas (MEXT KAKENHI), 15K21729, <br>Co-investigator, 2015-2018, (4) Grant-in-Aid for <br>Challenging Exploratory Research (JSPS KAKENHI), <br>15K15341, <br>Principal Investigator, 2015-2017, (5) Grant-in-Aid for <br>Scientific Research (C) (JSPS KAKENHI), 15K09343, Co-<br>investigator, 2015-2018, (6) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific <br>Research (C) (JSPS KAKENHI), 16K10727, Co-<br>investigator, 2016-2019, (7) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific <br>Research (A) (JSPS KAKENHI), 16H02657, Principal <br>Investigator, 2016-2019, (8) Grant-in-Aid for Challenging <br>Exploratory Research (JSPS KAKENHI), 17K19663, <br>Principal Investigator, 2017-2019, (9) Grant-in-Aid for <br>Scientific Research (C) (JSPS KAKENHI), 18K07529, Co-<br>investigator, 2018-2021, (10) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific <br>Research (A) (JSPS KAKENHI), 19H01045, Principal <br>Investigator, 2019-2022, (11) Practical Research Project <br>for Rare/Intractable Diseases" from Japan Agency for <br>Medical Research and Development, AMED, Japan, <br>16ek0109039h0003, Principal Investigator, 2016-2017, (12) <br>Practical Research Project for Rare/Intractable Diseases" <br>from Japan Agency for Medical Research and <br>Development, AMED, Japan, 17ek0109115h0003, Principal <br>Investigator, 2015-2018, (13) Practical Research Project <br>for Rare/Intractable Diseases" from Japan Agency for <br>Medical Research and Development, AMED, Japan, <br>18ek0109376h0001, Principal Investigator, 2018-2021, (14) <br>Practical Research Project for Rare/Intractable <br>Diseases" from Japan Agency for Medical Research and <br>Development, AMED, Japan, 18ek0109308h0001, Principal <br>Investigator, 2018-2021, (15) Health and Labour Sciences <br>Research Grant on Intractable Diseases from the <br>Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Japan, H29-<br>Nanchitou(Nan)-Shitei-001, Co-investigator, 2017-2020, <br>(16) <br>Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant on Intractable <br>Diseases from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and <br>Welfare, Japan, H29-Nanchitou(Nan)-Ippan-043, Co-<br>investigator, 2017-2020, (17) Health and Labour Sciences <br>Research Grant on Intractable Diseases from the Ministry <br>of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Japan, H29-<br>Nanchitou(Nan)-Ippan-033, Co-investigator, 2017-2020, <br>(18) <br>Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant on <br>Intractable Diseases from the Ministry of Health, Labour, <br>and Welfare, Japan, H29-Nanchitou(Nan)-Ippan-009, Co-<br>investigator, 2017-2020, (19) Health and Labour Sciences <br>Research Grant on Intractable Diseases from the <br>Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Japan, H28-<br>Nanchitou(Nan)-Ippan-025, Principal Investigator, 2016-<br>2019, (20) Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant on <br>Intractable Diseases from the Ministry of Health, <br>Labour, and Welfare, Japan, H28-Nanchitou(Nan)-Ippan-018, <br>Co-investigator, 2016-2019
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- Hidenori Ogata, MD, PhD,
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(1)CSL Behring,speaker honoraria, (2)Teijin Pharma, speaker <br>honoraria, (3) Nihon Pharmaceutical,speaker honoraria (4) <br>Japan Blood Products Organization, speaker honoraria (5) <br>Alnylam Japan, speaker honoraria (6) Takeda Pharmaceutical <br>Company Limited, speaker honoraria
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(1) Method, kit and biomarker for diagnosing chronic <br>inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
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(1) YAMASA Corporation
(1) JSPS KAKENHI JP20K16602,principal researcher,2020 to <br>2022
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- Tomohiro Imamura, MD, PhD,
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- Mikio Mitsuishi, MS,
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- Takayuki Fujii, MD, PhD,
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(1)DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, speaker honoraria
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(1)Neuropathic pain marker and use thereof, The present <br>invention uses an autoantibody to a small unmyelinated dorsal <br>root ganglion neuron as a neuropathic pain marker.
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(1)the Yamasa Corporation, (2)Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, <br>(3)Osoegawa Neurology Clinic, (4)Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd.,(5)the <br>Japan Blood Products Organization.
(1) the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) <br>KAKENHI, grant number JP19K17037, principal investigator, <br>2019-2020, (2)JSPS KAKENHI, grant number JP21K15700, <br>principal investigator, 2021-2022, (3)the JST FOREST Program <br>,grant No. JPMJFR200U, principal investigator, 2021-2028
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- Masaki Kobayashi, MD,
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- Kazuo Kitagawa, MD, PhD,
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(1) Journal of Atherothrombosis, Associate editor
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(1) Kyowa Kirin (2) Daiichi-Sankyo
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(1) Clinical procedure (Neurology and Stroke Center), 50% of <br>effort
(1) Daiichi-Sankyo (2) Eisai (3) Boehringer Ingelheim (4) <br>Dainippon Sumitomo
(1) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Researchin Japan (C), <br>19K07968, cheif investigator, 2019-2021
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- Yukihiro Namihira, MD,
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- Yusuke Ohya, MD, PhD,
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- Guzailiayi Maimaitijiang, MD, PhD,
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Guzailiayi Maimaitijiang has received grants from JSPS <br>KAKENHI (Grant Nos. 20K22910 and<br> 20K20470).
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- Ryo Yamasaki, MD, PhD,
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(1) Clinical and experimental neuroimmunology, managing editor, since <br><br><br><br>2016 until now
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- Yuko Fukata, PhD,
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(1)the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science,<br>and Technology, 21K19390, PI, three years, (2)the Ministry<br>of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology,<br>22H02723, PI, three years, (3)Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, JP21wm0525022, PI, three years
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- Masaki Fukata, PhD,
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European Journal of Neuroscience, a reviewing Editor, 12<br>years
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(1)The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, 20H00459 PI, three years; (2) The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and<br>Technology, 20H04915 PI, two years (3) The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, 19K22548 PI, three years
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- Noriko Isobe, MD, PhD and
(1) Oxford Health Policy Forum CIC (2) Alexion (3) Chugai <br>Pharmaceutical
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(1) Novartis Pharma, speaker honoraria (2) Alexion, <br>speaker honoraria (3) Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, <br>speaker honoraria (4) Biogen Japan, speaker honoraria (5) <br>Chugai Pharmaceutical, speaker honoraria (6) Mitsubishi <br>Tanabe Pharma, speaker honoraria (7) FP Pharmaceutical, <br>speaker honoraria (8) EA Pharma, speaker honoraria (9) <br>Daiichi Sankyo, speaker honoraria (10) Eisai, speaker <br>honoraria (11) Kyowa Kirin, speaker honoraria (12) CSL <br>Behring, speaker honoraria (13) Otsuka Pharmaceutical, <br>speaker honoraria (14) Sanofi, speaker honoraria (15) <br>Teijin Healthcare, speaker honoraria (16) Alnylam, speaker <br>honoraria
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(1) Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma (2) Eisai (3) Nippon Boehringer <br>Ingelheim (4) Japan Blood Products Organization (5) Chugai <br>Pharmaceutical (6) Sumitomo Pharma (7) Mitsubishi Tanabe <br>Pharma (8) Teijin Pharma (9) CSL Behring (10) Takeda <br>Pharmaceutical (11) Novartis Pharma (11) Biogen Japan
(1) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (JSPS <br>KAKENHI), 21K07464, Principal Investigator, 2021-2023 (2) <br>Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (JSPS KAKENHI), <br>18K07529, Principal Investigator, 2018-2021 (3) Japan <br>Agency for Medical Research and Development, Moonshot <br>Research & Development Program, JP21zf0127004, Co-<br>Investigator, 2020-2026 (4) The Research Committee of CNS <br>Degenerative Diseases, Research on Policy Planning and <br>Evaluation for Rare and Intractable Diseases, Health, <br>Labour and Welfare Sciences Research Grants, the Ministry <br>of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan, 20FC1049, Co-<br>Investigator, 2020-2022 (5) the Health and Labour Sciences<br>> Research Grant on Intractable Diseases <br>(Neuroimmunological Diseases) from the Ministry of <br>Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, 20FC1030, Co-<br>Investigator, 2020-2022
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- Yuri Nakamura, MD, PhD
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(1) Chugai Pharmaceutical, speaker honoraria<br>(2) Novartis Pharma, speaker honoraria<br>(3) Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, speaker honoraria<br>(4) Biogen Japan, speaker honoraria
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- From the Translational Neuroscience Center (X.Z., J.K., T.I., M.M., G.M., Y. Nakamura), Graduate School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Okawa; School of Pharmacy at Fukuoka (J.K., T.I., Y. Nakamura), International University of Health and Welfare, Okawa; Department of Neurology (J.K., Y. Nakamura), Brain and Nerve Center, Fukuoka Central Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka; Department of Neurology (H.O., T.F., R.Y., N.I.), Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka; Department of Neurology (M.K., K.K.), Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (Y. Namihira, Y.O.), Nephrology, and Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Ryukyus, Okinawa; and Division of Membrane Physiology (Y.F., M.F.), National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan.
- Correspondence
Dr. Kira junkira{at}iuhw.ac.jp
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