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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

David Beeson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional focus on Neurology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work covers several major topics, including:

  • Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Notable recent publications by David Beeson include:

  • Myasthenia gravis AChR antibodies inhibit function of rapsyn-clustered AChRs, 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Pregnancy outcomes in patients with congenital myasthenic syndromes, 2022, Muscle & Nerve
  • Slow-Channel Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome due to a Novel Mutation in the Acetylcholine Receptor Alpha Subunit in a South Asian: A Case Report, 2020, Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Structural correlates of human muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit assembly mediated by δ(+) interface residues, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • An audit of pregnancy and outcomes in the congenital myasthenic syndromes, 2022, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Muscle & Nerve
  • Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

David Beeson's frequent co-authors are:

  • Susan Maxwell
  • Richard Webster
  • Judith Cossins
  • Tatiana Rooney
  • Setareh Alabaf

Among professional recognitions, David Beeson has been named a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • N-methyl-d-aspartate antibody encephalitis: temporal progression of clinical and paraclinical observations in a predominantly non-paraneoplastic disorder of both sexes

    Sarosh R. Irani;Katarzyna Bera;Patrick Waters;Luigi Zuliani

  • Human mitochondrial DNA deletions associated with mutations in the gene encoding Twinkle, a phage T7 gene 4-like protein localized in mitochondria.

    Johannes N. Spelbrink;Fang Yuan Li;Valeria Tiranti;Kaisu Nikali

  • IgG1 antibodies to acetylcholine receptors in 'seronegative' myasthenia gravis.

    Maria Isabel Leite;Saiju Jacob;Stuart Viegas;Judy Cossins

  • Detection and characterization of MuSK antibodies in seronegative myasthenia gravis

    John McConville;Maria Elena Farrugia;David Beeson;Uday Kishore

  • Autoantibodies detected to expressed K+ channels are implicated in neuromyotonia.

    Ian K. Hart;Caroline Waters;Angela Vincent;Claire Newland

  • Factors influencing success of clinical genome sequencing across a broad spectrum of disorders

    Jenny C. Taylor;Jenny C. Taylor;Hilary C. Martin;Stefano Lise;John Broxholme

  • Aquaporin-4 antibodies in neuromyelitis optica and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis.

    Patrick Waters;Sven Jarius;Edward Littleton;Maria Isabel Leite

  • Dok-7 Mutations Underlie a Neuromuscular Junction Synaptopathy

    David Beeson;Osamu Higuchi;Jackie Palace;Judy Cossins

  • An IRF8-binding promoter variant and AIRE control CHRNA1 promiscuous expression in thymus

    Matthieu Giraud;Richard Taubert;Claire Vandiedonck;Xiayi Ke

  • Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita with maternal autoantibodies specific for a fetal antigen

    A. Vincent;C. Newland;D. Beeson;S. Riemersma

  • Mutations in different functional domains of the human muscle acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit in patients with the slow-channel congenital myasthenic syndrome

    Rebecca Croxen;Claire Newland;David Beeson;Hans Oosterhuis

  • Mutation history of the Roma/Gypsies

    Bharti Morar;David Gresham;David Gresham;Dora Angelicheva;Ivailo Tournev

  • Antibodies to GABAA receptor α1 and γ2 subunits Clinical and serologic characterization

    Philippa Pettingill;Holger B. Kramer;Jan Adriaan Coebergh;Rosie Pettingill

  • Hexosamine biosynthetic pathway mutations cause neuromuscular transmission defect.

    Jan Senderek;Jan Senderek;Juliane S. Müller;Marina Dusl;Tim M. Strom

  • Mutations in DPAGT1 cause a limb-girdle congenital myasthenic syndrome with tubular aggregates.

    Katsiaryna Belaya;Sarah Finlayson;Sarah Finlayson;Clarke R. Slater;Judith Cossins

  • Phenotypical spectrum of DOK7 mutations in congenital myasthenic syndromes

    Juliane S. Müller;Agnes Herczegfalvi;Juan J. Vilchez;Jaume Colomer

  • MuSK Myasthenia Gravis IgG4 Disrupts the Interaction of LRP4 with MuSK but Both IgG4 and IgG1-3 Can Disperse Preformed Agrin-Independent AChR Clusters

    Inga Koneczny;Judith Cossins;Patrick Waters;David Beeson

  • Rapsyn mutations in hereditary myasthenia Distinct early- and late-onset phenotypes

    G Burke;J Cossins;S Maxwell;G Owens

  • Association of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita with maternal antibodies inhibiting fetal acetylcholine receptor function.

    S Riemersma;A Vincent;D Beeson;C Newland

  • Clinical features of the DOK7 neuromuscular junction synaptopathy.

    Jacqueline Palace;Daniel Lashley;John Newsom-Davis;Judy Cossins

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela Vincent
Angela Vincent University of Oxford
J Newsom-Davis
J Newsom-Davis University of Oxford
Nick Willcox
Nick Willcox University of Oxford
Hanns Lochmüller
Hanns Lochmüller University of Freiburg
Francesco Muntoni
Francesco Muntoni University College London
Richard D. Webster
Richard D. Webster Nanyang Technological University
Caroline Sewry
Caroline Sewry University College London
Patrick Waters
Patrick Waters University of Oxford
Matthew J.A. Wood
Matthew J.A. Wood University of Oxford

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