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Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies are associated with a non-MS course in children

Yael Hacohen, Michael Absoud, Kumaran Deiva, Cheryl Hemingway, Petra Nytrova, Mark Woodhall, Jacqueline Palace, Evangeline Wassmer, Marc Tardieu, Angela Vincent, Ming Lim, Patrick Waters
First published March 12, 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000081
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vol. 2 no. 2 e81
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000081
PubMed: 
25798445
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received November 9, 2014
  • Accepted in final form January 13, 2015
  • First Published March 12, 2015.
Copyright & Usage: 
© 2015 American Academy of Neurology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial No Derivative 3.0 License, which permits downloading and sharing the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.

Author Disclosures

    1. Yael Hacohen, MRCPCH,
    2. Michael Absoud, MRCPCH, PhD,
    3. Kumaran Deiva, MD, PhD,
    4. Cheryl Hemingway, MRCP, PhD,
    5. Petra Nytrova, MD,
    6. Mark Woodhall, PhD,
    7. Jacqueline Palace, MRCP, MD,
    8. Evangeline Wassmer, FRCPCH,
    9. Marc Tardieu, MD, PhD,
    10. Angela Vincent, FRS, FMedSci*,
    11. Ming Lim, MRCP, PhD* and
    12. Patrick Waters, PhD*
    13. On behalf of United Kingdom Childhood Inflammatory Demyelination (UK-CID) and French Kidbiosep Study Groups
  1. Yael Hacohen, MRCPCH,
    2. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. This work was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre based at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Oxford

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  2. Michael Absoud, MRCPCH, PhD,
    3. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. M Absoud serves on the data safety monitoring board for a study sponsored by Neurim Pharmaceuticals

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. M Absoud sits on the editorial advisory board of the International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. M Absoud received funding from the MS Society and Action Medical Research Charities

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  3. Kumaran Deiva, MD, PhD,
    4. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. Biogen Idec, travel subsidies Merck Serono, travel subsidies

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  4. Cheryl Hemingway, MRCP, PhD,
    5. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. Biogen Idec honorarium speaker contract Terumo products honorarium speaker contract Merck Serono Bayer

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Journal of Paediatric Neurology editorial board

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. Multiple Sclerosis society Action Research

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  5. Petra Nytrova, MD,
    6. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. PN received speaker honoraria from Biogen Idec and Novartis.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. PN, her research work is supported by the Czech Ministries of Education and Health (PRVOUK-P26/LF1/4).

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  6. Mark Woodhall, PhD,
    7. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  7. Jacqueline Palace, MRCP, MD,
    8. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. UK advisory board participant: 1) Merck Serono 2) Bayer Schering Pharma 3) Biogen Idec 4) Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 5) Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd. 6) Sanofi-Aventis

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. Support for attending ECTRIMS Merck Serono Novartis and Biogen idec

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. (1) ISIS innovation Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Oxford, has filed a patent application (WO2013/117930 A2) to protect for the use of metabolomics as a method to diagnose and stage disease in multiple sclerosis.

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. In addition to advisory committees, consultant for: Ono Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Chugai Pharma Ltd. CI Consulting Biogen Idec GlaxoSmithKline

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. Donations to support local service development and research, none relevant to the current work: Bayer Schering Merke Serono Novartis

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. Department of Health Risk Sharing Scheme, Clinical Coordinator since 2002 Department of Health funding for a neuromyelitis optica service and a congenital myasthenia service

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. MS Society UK Guthy Jackson Foundation

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  8. Evangeline Wassmer, FRCPCH,
    9. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. commercial (Biogen, Teva, Genzyme), speaker honoraria

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. Attended meetings (CME) supported by many pharmaceutical companies. Received travel/accommodation/speaker honoraria to attend meetings from Shire, Biogen, Teva, Genzyme, UCB and Merck Serono.

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  9. Marc Tardieu, MD, PhD,
    10. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. 1. Scientific advisory board for Biogen, Genzyme and Novartis for new treatment in pediatric MS.

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. 1. Travelling money for the meeting of the two scientific advisory board (two trips one in Boston one in London from Paris). One trip to Boston for Novartis advisory meeting.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. European J Paediatr Neurol (editorial board) Multiple sclerosis Journal

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  10. Angela Vincent, FRS, FMedSci*,
    11. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. Occasional small honoraria, travel and speaker honoraria from Baxter International Inc and Biogen Inc

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Advisory Editorial Board Neurology; Associate Editor for Brain ended 2013

    Patents:

    1. Hold patent with Oxford University for LGI1/CASPR2 antibodies, licensed to Euroimmun AG, and for GABAAR antibodies, in negotiation with Euroimmun AG.

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. Royalties from Athena Diagnostics (MuSK assays). Royalties received from Euroimmun AG (LGI1 and CASPR2 assays) Clinical Neuroimmunology (Blackwell Publishing, 2005) and Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disorders of the Nervous System in Children (Mac Keith Press 2010). System in Children (Mac Keith Press, 2010)

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. Consultancy with Athena Diagnostics for assessing their antibody assays ?5K pa. Ended 2014.

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. Scientific conference expenses only

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NIHR general support for antibody work

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  11. Ming Lim, MRCP, PhD* and
    12. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. 1)Travel grants from Merc Serono for attending meetings (non-profit)

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. Consultancy for advisory board meeting CSL Behring (non-profit entity)

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  12. Patrick Waters, PhD*
    13. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. Speaker honoraria from Biogen Idec Japan and Euroimmun AG.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Frontiers in molecular innate immunity, Review editor, 1 Yr

    Patents:

    1. Assays for the detection of antibodies to lgi1, Caspr2 and tag-1.

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. A patent has been submitted on GABAAR.

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  1. From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Y.H., M.W., J.P., A.V., M.L., P.W.), John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK; Children's Neurosciences (M.A., M.L.), Evelina Children's Hospital at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre, London, UK; Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (K.D., M.T.), Hopitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, France; Pediatric Neurology Department and National Referral Center for Neuroinflammatory Diseases (K.D., M.T.), Université Paris Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, France; Department of Paediatric Neurology (C.H.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK; Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience (P.N.), General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic; First Faculty of Medicine (P.N.), Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic; and Department of Paediatric Neurology (E.W.), Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK.
  1. Correspondence to Dr. Lim: ming.lim{at}gstt.nhs.uk

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