Immunology of the Acetylcholine Receptor

Autoimmune Response to Acetylcholine Receptor

1973 • 1,019 citations

A study of supersensitivity in denervated mammalian skeletal muscle

1959 • 737 citations

Neuromuscular Junction in Myasthenia Gravis: Decreased Acetylcholine Receptors

1973 • 633 citations

Current concepts of the immunological function of the thymus.

1967 • 577 citations

Myasthenia Gravis: Passive Transfer from Man to Mouse

1975 • 430 citations

A study of foetal and new‐born rat muscle fibres

1962 • 408 citations

Serum Globulin in Myasthenia Gravis: Inhibition of α-Bungarotoxin Binding to Acetylcholine Receptors

1974 • 365 citations

Experimental autoimmune myasthenia: A model of myasthenia gravis in rats and guinea pigs.

1975 • 325 citations

Localization of Acetylcholine Receptor by ¹²⁵ I-Labeled α-Bungarotoxin Binding at Mouse Motor Endplates

1974 • 306 citations

The distribution of acetylcholine sensitivity over uninnervated and innervated muscle fibers grown in cell culture

1973 • 280 citations

Changes in Serum Complement Activity in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis.

1960 • 247 citations

The Acetylcholine Receptor

1973 • 245 citations

HISTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION IN MY ASTHENIA GRAVIS AND IN THE MYASTHENIC SYNDROME*

1971 • 210 citations

Acetylcholine receptors in normal and denervated rat diaphragm muscle. II. Comparison of junctional and extrajunctional receptors

1975 • 198 citations

Essential Chemical Requirements for Induction of Allergic Encephalomyelitis

1971 • 195 citations

Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies in Myasthenia Gravis

1975 • 192 citations

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: A SERUM FACTOR BLOCKING ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS OF THE HUMAN NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION

1975 • 185 citations

The action of tubocurarine and atropine on the normal and denervated rat diaphragm

1967 • 180 citations

Loss of alpha‐bungarotoxin from junctional and extrajunctional acetylcholine receptors in rat diaphragm muscle in vivo and in organ culture.

1975 • 165 citations

Detection of Anti-Acetylcholine Receptor Factors in Serum and Thymus from Patients with Myasthenia Gravis

1976 • 155 citations

Acetylcholine Sensitivity of Muscle Fiber Membranes: Mechanism of Regulation by Motoneurons

1970 • 151 citations

HUMORAL ANTIBODIES TO ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR IN PATIENTS WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

1975 • 148 citations

Studies on Purified Eel Acetylcholine Receptor and Anti-Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody

1973 • 148 citations

The Thymus in Myasthenia Gravis

1974 • 148 citations

The Affinity-Labeling of Partially Purified Acetylcholine Receptor from Electric Tissue of Electrophorus

1973 • 133 citations

Cholinergic Augmentation of Lymphocyte-Mediated Cytotoxicity. A Study of the Cholinergic Receptor of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes

1974 • 122 citations

IMMUNOLOGICAL CONCOMITANTS OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

1965 • 120 citations

Cellular Immunity in Myasthenia Gravis

1976 • 117 citations

Immunological characterisation of the cholinergic receptor protein from Electrophorus electricus

1973 • 113 citations

Experimental autoimmune myasthenia induced in monkeys by purified acetylcholine receptor

1975 • 106 citations

Pressure—volume relationships in the chest before and after death

1959 • 101 citations

Cellular immune response to acetylcholine receptor-rich fraction, in patients with myasthenia gravis.

1975 • 98 citations

Biological Activity and Synthesis of an Encephalitogenic Determinant

1971 • 97 citations

The Density of Acetylcholine Receptors and Their Sensitivity in the Postsynaptic Membrane of Muscle Endplates

1974 • 91 citations

Interaction of myasthenic serum globulin with the acetylcholine receptor

1975 • 90 citations

The nicotinic cholinergic receptor protein: improved purification method, preliminary amino acid composition and observed auto‐immuno response

1974 • 82 citations

Synthesis of acetylcholine receptor by denervated rat diaphragm muscle.

1975 • 82 citations

Immunologic Properties of the Main Encephalitogenic Peptide from the Basic Protein of Human Myelin

1970 • 77 citations

IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGICAL DISEASE: A BREAK IN TOLERANCE TO RECEPTOR SITES

1971 • 76 citations

Nerve-Muscle Interaction In Vitro

1973 • 76 citations

Neuromuscular transmission after immunization against acetylcholine receptors

1975 • 76 citations

The density of cholinergic receptors at the endplate postsynaptic membrane: Ultrastructural studies in two mammalian species

1975 • 70 citations

Immunological relationship between acetylcholine receptor and thymus: a possible significance in myasthenia gravis.

1975 • 59 citations

Immunological studies of acetylcholine receptors

1976 • 58 citations

Ionic permeability changes induced by some cholinergic agonists on normal and denervated frog muscles

1971 • 55 citations

Acetylcholine receptor in normal and denervated slow and fast muscle

1974 • 53 citations

An electrophysiological study of the effects of d-tubocurarine, atropine, and α-bungarotoxin on the cholinergic receptor in innervated and chronically denervated mammalian skeletal muscles

1974 • 50 citations

Myasthenia Gravis and Acetylcholine Receptor

1975 • 49 citations

Binding of d-tubocurarine and α-bungarotoxin in normal and denervated mouse muscles

1974 • 49 citations

Neurophysiological signs of myasthenia in rabbits after receptor antibody development

1975 • 48 citations

The Effect of Thoracic Duct Lymph Drainage in Myasthenia gravis

1973 • 47 citations

THE SYNDROME OF MYASTHENIA AND POLYMYOSITIS WITH COMMENTS ON THERAPY*

1971 • 43 citations

Reduced muscle acetylcholine sensitivity in rats immunised with acetylcholine receptor

1976 • 37 citations

Preparation and immunochemical characterization of a water-soluble acetylcholine receptor fraction from the electric organ tissue of the electric eel

1975 • 35 citations

SIZE OF THE HUMAN THYMUS

1969 • 35 citations

Leukocyte response to muscle antigens in myasthenia gravis

1973 • 22 citations

Immunoglobulin synthesis in vitro by human thymus: comparison of myasthenia gravis and normal thymus.

1969 • 20 citations

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM FACTOR BLOCKING ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS AND ANTI-STRIATED-MUSCLE ANTIBODY

1975 • 14 citations