No Astrocyte Damage Found in Patients Lacking Anti-AQP4 Antibodies
People with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), but lacking anti-AQP4 and anti-MOG antibodies, show no signs of damage to astrocytes — nervous system cells attacked in NMOSD — when compared to those with anti-AQP4 antibodies. Those findings from a recent study suggest that the mechanisms underlying NMOSD symptoms in…