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Marignier R, Hacohen Y, Cobo-Calvo A, Pröbstel AK, Aktas O, Alexopoulos H, Amato MP, Asgari N, Banwell B, Bennett J, Brilot F, Capobianco M, Chitnis T, Ciccarelli O, Deiva K, De Sèze J, Fujihara K, Jacob A, Kim HJ, Kleiter I, Lassmann H, Leite MI, Linington C, Meinl E, Palace J, Paul F, Petzold A, Pittock S, Reindl M, Sato DK, Selmaj K, Siva A, Stankoff B, Tintore M, Traboulsee A, Waters P, Waubant E, Weinshenker B, Derfuss T, Vukusic S, Hemmer B. Myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease. Lancet Neurol. 2021 Sep;20(9):762-772. PMID: 34418402


Fuchs V*, Kutza M*, Wischnewski S*, Deigendesch N, Lutz L, Kulsvehagen L, Ricken G, Kappos L, Tzankov A, Hametner S, Frank S, Schirmer L, Pröbstel AK**. Presence of SARS-CoV-2 Transcripts in the Choroid Plexus of MS and Non-MS Patients With COVID-19. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2021 Jan 27;8(2):e957. PMID: 33504636

Kim K*, Pröbstel AK*, Baumann R, Madireddy L, Dyckow J, Loudermilk R, Eggers EL, Singh S, Caillier SJ, Hauser SL, Cree BAC, Schirmer L, Wilson MR, Baranzini SE, UCSF MS-EPIC Team. Targeted transcriptomics identifies neddylation as a novel therapeutic target in multiple sclerosis. Brain. 2020; online ahead of print. PMID: 33374005

Pröbstel AK**, Zhou X, Baumann R, Rojas OL, Wischnewski S, Kutza M, Sellrie K, Kim K, , Ramesh A, Dandekar R, Greenfield AL, Schubert RD, Bisanz JE, Vistnes S, Khalegi K, Liesche-Starnecker F, Ramaglia V, Bischof A, Singh S, Tran EB, Barba P, Heijnen I Oechtering J, Forsberg K, Henry RG, Helmuth J, Shiow LR, Gelfand JM, Graves J, Cree BAC, Hauser SL, Kuhle J, Andersen PM, Schlegel J, Turnbaugh PJ, Seeberger PH, Gommerman JL, Schirmer L, Wilson MR, Baranzini SE**. Gut-microbiota-specific IgA B cells traffic to the CNS in active multiple sclerosis. Science Immunology. 2020;5(53):eabc7191. PMID: 33219152
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https://www.nationalmssociety.org/About-the-Society/News/Society-Supported-Researchers-Show-How-Gut-Bacteri
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01837-8

Sabatino JJ*, Pröbstel AK*, Zamvil SS. B cells in CNS Autoimmune and Neurodegenerative Disorders. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 2019;20(12):728-745


Rojas OL*, Pröbstel AK*, Porfilio P*,  Wang A, Charabati M, Sun T, Lee D, Galicia G, Ramaglia V, Ward LA, Leung LYT, Najafi G, Khalegi K, Chiaranunt P, Garcillan B, Li A, Besla R,  Naouar I, Cao EY, Yam J, Luck H, Campbell DJ, Allman D, Brooks DG, Tomura M, Baumann R, Zamvil SS, Bar-Or A, Horwitz MS,  Winer DA, Mortha A, Mackay F, Prat A, Osborne L, Robbins C, Baranzini SE, Gommerman JL. Recirculating Intestinal IgA-producing cells Regulate Neuroinflammation via IL10. Cell. 2019; 176(3):610-624. PMID: 30612739
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https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/4/32/eaaw7721
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/how-gut-immune-cells-can-fight-multiple-sclerosis

Pröbstel AK, Thanei M, Erni B, Lecourt AC, Branco L, André R, Koenig KF, Huyen-Do U, Ribi C, Chizzolini C, Kappos L, Trendelenburg M, Derfuss T; Swiss Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cohort Study Group. Association of antibodies against myelin and neuronal antigens with neuroinflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus. Rheumatology, 2019; 58(5):908-913. PMID: 30265368

Pröbstel AK, Baranzini SE. The role of the gut microbiome in multiple sclerosis risk and progression - towards characterization of the “multiple sclerosis microbiome”. Neurotherapeutics. 2018; 15(1):126-134. PMID: 29147991
Cekanaviciute E, Pröbstel AK, Thomann A, Runia TF, Cree BAC, Zamvil SS, Baranzini SE. Multiple sclerosis-associated changes in the composition and immune functions of spore-forming bacteria. mSystems. 2018; 3(6):pii:e00083-18. PMID: 30417113 (IF 5.75) [20]

Pröbstel AK, Kuhle J, Lecourt AC, Vock I, Sanderson NSR, Kappos L, Derfuss T. Anti-KIR4.1 reactivity does not differentiate multiple sclerosis patients from controls. NEJM. 2016; 374(15):1496-8. PMID: 27074084

Pröbstel AK, Rudolf G, Dornmair K, Collongues N, Chanson JB, Sanderson NSR, Lindberg RLP, Kappos L, de Seze J*, Derfuss T*. Anti-MOG antibodies are present in a subgroup of patients with a neuromyelitis optica phenotype. J Neuroinflamm, 2015; 12(1):46. PMID: 25889963

Pröbstel AK, Dornmair K, Bittner R, Sperl P, Jenne D, Magalhaes S, Villalobos A, Breithaupt C, Weissert R, Jacob U, Krumbholz M, Kuempfel T, Blaschek A, Stark W, Gärtner J, Pohl D, Rostasy K, Weber F, Forne I, Khademi M, Olsson T, Brilot F, Tantsis E, Russell D, Wekerle H, Hohlfeld R, Banwell B*, Bar-Or A*, Meinl E*, Derfuss T*. Antibodies to MOG are transient in childhood acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Neurology, 2011; 77(6):580-8. PMID: 21795651