Publications by authors named "S M Oxendine"

(R,S)-Ketamine (ketamine) is a dissociative anesthetic that also possesses analgesic and antidepressant activity. Undesirable dissociative side effects and misuse potential limit expanded use of ketamine in several mental health disorders despite promising clinical activity and intensifying medical need. (2R,6R)-Hydroxynorketamine (RR-HNK) is a metabolite of ketamine that lacks anesthetic and dissociative activity but maintains antidepressant and analgesic activity in multiple preclinical models.

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  • Serum autoantibodies against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) in autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG) can cause damage through complement activation, receptor blockade, and antigenic modulation.
  • Researchers created a library of human-derived monoclonal antibodies (mAb) to understand how these mechanisms function and found that some mAbs can perform more than one pathological role.
  • The study indicates that treatment strategies should be reconsidered, as some autoantibodies can interact through multiple pathways, potentially undermining therapies targeting a single mechanism.
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Trial eligibility in myasthenia gravis (MG) remains largely dependent on a positive autoantibody serostatus. This significantly hinders seronegative MG (SNMG) patients from receiving potentially beneficial new treatments. In a subset of SNMG patients, acetylcholine receptor (AChR) autoantibodies are detectable by a clustered AChR cell-based assay (CBA).

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Charting the gene-expression landscape of glioma-infiltrating T cells demonstrates that these T cells can express NK cell receptors, which inhibit the killing of glioma cells.

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Background: Stress and anxiety-related behaviors are seen in many organisms. Studies have shown that in humans and other animals, treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (e.g.

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