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Article: Narcolepsy is an Autoimmune Disorder, Stanford Researcher Says.
- Article from:
- Genomics & Genetics Weekly
- Article date:
- May 22, 2009
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Ten years ago, Stanford University School of Medicine scientist Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, and his colleagues made headlines when they identified the culprit behind the sleep disorder narcolepsy. Now Mignot and his collaborators have shown for the first time that a specific immune cell is involved in the disorder--confirming experts' long-held suspicion that narcolepsy is an autoimmune disease (see also Stanford University School of Medicine).
The work, which will be published online May 3 in Nature Genetics, could lead to better treatments for the sleep disorder and help immunologists understand other, more common autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis ...