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August 2015; 2 (4) ArticleOpen Access

Aquaporin-4 antibody isoform binding specificities do not explain clinical variations in NMO

Joanna Kitley, Mark Woodhall, M. Isabel Leite, Jackie Palace, Angela Vincent, Patrick Waters
First published June 18, 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000121
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vol. 2 no. 4 e121
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000121
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received January 31, 2015
  • Accepted in final form April 20, 2015
  • First Published June 18, 2015.
Copyright & Usage: 
© 2015 American Academy of Neurology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND), 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. Joanna Kitley, DPhil,
    2. Mark Woodhall, PhD,
    3. M. Isabel Leite, DPhil,
    4. Jackie Palace, MD,
    5. Angela Vincent, FRS and
    6. Patrick Waters, PhD
  1. Joanna Kitley, DPhil,
    2. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. Dr Kitley has received speaking honoraria from Novartis and Terumo BCT and support for scientific meetings from Teva, Novartis and Biogen Idec

    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. Dr Kitley was supported by the NHS National Specialised Commissioning Group for Neuromyelitis Optica from Sep 2010 to Sep 2013.

    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

  2. Mark Woodhall, PhD,
    3. 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

  3. M. Isabel Leite, DPhil,
    4. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. Dr Leite is supported by NHS National Specialised Commissioning Group for Neuromyelitis optica, UK, and by NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, and has received speaking honoraria from Biogen Idec and travel and educational grants from Biogen Idec and UK.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Neuromuscular Disorders, editorial board member, from January 2014

    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. Jackie Palace, MD,
    5. 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 7) Alexion

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. Support for attending ECTRIMS Merck Serono Novartis and Biogen idec Talks at scientific meetings (majority have CME) Bayer schering, Biogen Idec, Merk Serono, Medimmune

    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

  5. Angela Vincent, FRS and
    6. 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).

    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

  6. Patrick Waters, PhD
    7. 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

    Patents:

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

    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. Patents for CASPR2, LGI1, TAG-1 and 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, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  1. Correspondence to Prof. Vincent: angela.vincent{at}ndcn.ox.ac.uk
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