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Christopher Linington

Christopher Linington

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Immunology

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National Ranking
117

Medicine

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84
Citations
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Overview

Christopher Linington is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Developmental Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has contributed to several topics within biomedical research, including:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Christopher Linington are:

  • Myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Oligodendrocytes are susceptible to Zika virus infection in a mouse model of perinatal exposure: Implications for CNS complications, 2021, Glia
  • Nimodipine Reduces Dysfunction and Demyelination in Models of Multiple Sclerosis, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • Zika Virus Infection Leads to Demyelination and Axonal Injury in Mature CNS Cultures, 2021, Viruses
  • Antineonatal Fc Receptor Antibody Treatment Ameliorates MOG-IgG-Associated Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, 2022, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation

Frequent co-authors working alongside Christopher Linington include:

  • Julia M. Edgar
  • Susan C. Barnett
  • Jeffrey L. Bennett
  • Verena Schultz
  • Jana Remlinger

Linington's work has been published multiple times in several venues, notably:

  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Lancet Neurology

Best Publications

  • Understanding pathogenesis and therapy of multiple sclerosis via animal models: 70 years of merits and culprits in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis research.

    Ralf Gold;Christopher Linington;Hans Lassmann

  • Multiple sclerosis and chronic autoimmune encephalomyelitis: a comparative quantitative study of axonal injury in active, inactive, and remyelinated lesions.

    Barbara Kornek;Maria K. Storch;Maria K. Storch;Robert Weissert;Erik Wallstroem

  • Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein–specific T Cell Receptor Transgenic Mice Develop Spontaneous Autoimmune Optic Neuritis

    Estelle Bettelli;Maria Pagany;Howard L. Weiner;Christopher Linington;Christopher Linington

  • Cellular immune reactivity within the CNS

    H. Wekerle;C. Linington;H. Lassmann;R. Meyermann

  • Augmentation of demyelination in rat acute allergic encephalomyelitis by circulating mouse monoclonal antibodies directed against a myelin/oligodendrocyte glycoprotein

    C Linington;M Bradl;H Lassmann;C Brunner

  • Autoimmunity to Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein in Rats Mimics the Spectrum of Multiple Sclerosis Pathology

    Maria K. Storch;Andreas Stefferl;Uschi Brehm;Robert Weissert

  • Differential ultrastructural localization of myelin basic protein, myelin/oligodendroglial glycoprotein, and 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase in the CNS of adult rats.

    Christof Brunner;Hans Lassmann;Thomas V. Waehneldt;Jean-Marie Matthieu

  • Neurofascin as a novel target for autoantibody-mediated axonal injury

    Emily K. Mathey;Tobias Derfuss;Maria K. Storch;Kieran R. Williams

  • Identification of epitopes of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein for the induction of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in SJL and Biozzi AB/H mice.

    S Amor;N Groome;C Linington;M M Morris

  • Myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease.

    Romain Marignier;Romain Marignier;Yael Hacohen;Alvaro Cobo-Calvo;Anne Katrin Pröbstel

  • A monoclonal antibody against a myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein induces relapses and demyelination in central nervous system autoimmune disease.

    H J Schluesener;R A Sobel;C Linington;H L Weiner

  • Antibodies against the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein and the myelin basic protein in multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases: a comparative study.

    Markus Reindl;Chris Linington;Uschi Brehm;Robert Egg

  • MHC class II–dependent B cell APC function is required for induction of CNS autoimmunity independent of myelin-specific antibodies

    Nicolas Molnarfi;Ulf Schulze-Topphoff;Martin S Weber;Juan C Patarroyo

  • Late Complications of Immune Deviation Therapy in a Nonhuman Primate

    Claude P. Genain;Kristina Abel;Nicole Belmar;François Villinger

  • Antibody facilitation of multiple sclerosis-like lesions in a nonhuman primate.

    Claude P. Genain;My-Hoa Nguyen;Norman L. Letvin;Rachel Pearl

  • T and B cell responses to myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in multiple sclerosis.

    J Sun;H Link;T Olsson;B G Xiao

  • The demyelinating potential of antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein is related to their ability to fix complement.

    S J Piddlesden;H Lassmann;F Zimprich;B P Morgan

  • Inhibition of autoimmune encephalomyelitis by a tetracycline

    Natalija Popovic;Anna Schubart;Brian D. Goetz;Su‐Chun Zhang

  • T- and B-cell responses to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis.

    Antonio Iglesias;Jan Bauer;Tobias Litzenburger;Anna Schubart

  • A permanent rat T cell line that mediates experimental allergic neuritis in the Lewis rat in vivo.

    C Linington;S Izumo;M Suzuki;K Uyemura

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Lassmann
Hans Lassmann Medical University of Vienna
Hartmut Wekerle
Hartmut Wekerle Max Planck Society
Tomas Olsson
Tomas Olsson Karolinska Institute
Edgar Meinl
Edgar Meinl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robert Weissert
Robert Weissert University of Regensburg
Susan C. Barnett
Susan C. Barnett University of Glasgow
Jan Bauer
Jan Bauer Medical University of Vienna
Tobias Derfuss
Tobias Derfuss University Hospital of Basel
Hugh J. Willison
Hugh J. Willison University of Glasgow
Christine Stadelmann
Christine Stadelmann University of Göttingen

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