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There is increasing evidence that narcolepsy is an autoimmune disorder. Autoimmune disorders are caused when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue or cells. In narcolepsy, the immune system destroys certain brain cells that produce a peptide called hypocretin.
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There is increasing evidence that narcolepsy is an autoimmune disorder. Autoimmune disorders are caused when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue or cells. In narcolepsy, the immune system destroys certain brain cells that produce a peptide called hypocretin.
Jul 6, 2015 - There is one missing link that will provide “final proof” that narcolepsy is indeed an autoimmune disease. “We need to find antibodies or lymphocytes that attack and kill hypocretin cells in the brain,” said Mignot. Researchers need to prove that the immune system is attacking itself in this process.
by FJ Martinez-Orozco - 2016 - Cited by 8 - Related articles
May 29, 2016 - Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a chronic sleep disorder caused by a selective loss of hypocretin-producing neurons due to a mechanism of neural destruction that indicates an autoimmune pathogenesis, although no evidence is available.by MJ Seong - 2017 - Related articles
Jun 30, 2017 - The autoimmune basis of narcolepsy, that was initiated by its association with HLA, has also revealed other mechanisms through research.by E Yong - Related articles
Dec 18, 2013 - Narcolepsy confirmed as autoimmune disease. Results also partly explain why the 2009 swine flu virus, and a vaccine against it, led to spikes ...Mar 10, 2015 - A new study suggests narcolepsy is caused by an autoimmune process that triggers loss of cells that maintain the delicate equilibrium between ...
Dec 20, 2013 - Narcolepsy is an autoimmune disease that arises when immune cells attack brain cells that make a wakefulness protein, mistaking it for a ...
Jan 27, 2014 - Two new studies, conducted independently, provide strong evidence for what's long been suspected: that narcolepsy is an autoimmune ...
by MT Arango - 2015 - Cited by 23 - Related articles
Therefore, narcolepsy has been considered an autoimmune disease. Orexin absence inhibits the ability to regulate the sleep-arouse balance, resulting in sleep ...Mar 9, 2015 - Yehuda Shoenfeld, finds that narcolepsy bears the trademarks of a classic autoimmune disorder and should be treated accordingly.