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. 2022 Mar 24;13:834342. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.834342
AChEi Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
AChR Acetylcholine receptor
ADAM22 ADAM metallopeptidase domain 22
ADAMTS13 A disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 motif 13
ADCC Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
AIDP Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
AMPAR α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor
Bregs Regulatory B-cells
Caspr2 Contactin associated protein 2
CCL3 C-c motif chemokine ligand 3
CIDP Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
CNTN1 Contactin 1
DPPX Dipeptidyl-peptidase–like protein-6
Dsg-1 Dsg-3 Desmoglein-1, desmoglein-3
EAMG Experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis
FAE Fab-arm exchange
GABAaR Gamma-aminobutyric acid a receptor
GABAbR Gamma-aminobutyric acid b receptor
GITR Glucocorticoid-induced tumour necrosis factor receptor-related protein
GITR-L GITR- ligand
GM-CSF Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HLA Human lymphocyte antigen
IFN-γ Interferon gamma
IgG4-AID IgG4 autoimmune diseases
IgG4-RLD IgG4 related disease
IgLON5 Immunoglobulin-like cell adhesion molecule 5
IL Interleukin (IL-4
IL-10 IL-13)
IL-4Rα Interleukin 4 receptor alpha
IVIG Intravenous immunoglobulin
KO Knock out
LGI1 Leucine rich glioma inactivated 1
LRP4 Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4
MG Myasthenia gravis
MN Membranous nephropathy
MuSK Muscle specific kinase
NMDAR N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor
PBMC Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
PF Pemphigus foliaceus
PLA2R Phospholipase A2 receptor
PLEX Plasmapheresis or plasma exchange
PV Pemphigus vulgaris
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha
Tregs Regulatory T cells
THSD7A Thrombospondin type 1 domain containing 7a
TTP Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
vWF Von Willebrand factor