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Research led by Postdoctoral Scholar Huanhuan Li in the Hibbs Lab at UC San Diego has revealed in fine detail how pathogenic antibodies from six different patients bind to the muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR) to cause the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis. The investigators found that antibodies from each patient bind to different areas on the receptor, disrupting its functioning through diverse mechanisms.
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Huanhuan Li, Hibbs Lab, UC San Diego.
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