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Nick Willcox is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields including Neurology, Immunology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Genetics.

The scientist's work prominently addresses topics such as Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma, Adrenal Hormones and Disorders, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Antifungal Resistance and Susceptibility, and Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema.

Nick Willcox has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Christian W. Keller
  • Heinz Wiendl
  • Jan D. Lünemann
  • Frauke Stascheit
  • Omar Chuquisana

Key publication venues featuring Willcox's research include:

  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Seminars in Immunopathology
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Science
  • Annals of Neurology

Some of Nick Willcox's recent papers are:

  • "Thymus and autoimmunity," 2021, Seminars in Immunopathology
  • "Complement activation profiles in anti-acetylcholine receptor positive myasthenia gravis," 2023, European Journal of Neurology
  • "Functional Signature of LRP4 Antibodies in Myasthenia Gravis," 2024, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • "Comment on 'Aberrant type 1 immunity drives susceptibility to mucosal fungal infections'," 2021, Science
  • "Impaired B Cell Expression of the Inhibitory Fcγ Receptor IIB in Myasthenia Gravis," 2022, Annals of Neurology

Best Publications

  • Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes modulate the maturation of dendritic cells.

    Britta C. Urban;David J. P. Ferguson;Arnab Pain;Nick Willcox

  • Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis in APECED or thymoma patients correlates with autoimmunity to Th17-associated cytokines

    Kai Kisand;Anette S. Bøe Wolff;Katarina Trebušak Podkrajšek;Liina Tserel

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

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

  • Anti-Interferon Autoantibodies in Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome Type 1

    Anthony Meager;Kumuthini Visvalingam;Pärt Peterson;Kaidi Möll

  • A role for CD36 in the regulation of dendritic cell function

    Britta C. Urban;Nick Willcox;David J. Roberts

  • Fewer thymic changes in MuSK antibody-positive than in MuSK antibody-negative MG.

    Maria Isabel Leite;Philipp Ströbel;Margaret Jones;Kingsley Micklem

  • Acetylcholine receptors in human thymic myoid cells in situ: An immunohistological study

    Myriam Schluep;Myriam Schluep;Nicholas Willcox;Angela Vincent;Gurtej K. Dhoot

  • Anti-cytokine autoantibodies in autoimmunity: preponderance of neutralizing autoantibodies against interferon-alpha, interferon-omega and interleukin-12 in patients with thymoma and/or myasthenia gravis

    A. Meager;M. Wadhwa;P. Dilger;C. Bird

  • Somatic hypermutation and selection of B cells in thymic germinal centers responding to acetylcholine receptor in myasthenia gravis.

    Gary P. Sims;Hiroyuki Shiono;Nick Willcox;David I. Stott

  • Thymoma and paraneoplastic myasthenia gravis

    A. Marx;N. Willcox;M. I. Leite;W.-Y. Chuang

  • Autoantibodies against Type I Interferons as an Additional Diagnostic Criterion for Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome Type I

    Antonella Meloni;Maria Furcas;Filomena Cetani;Claudio Marcocci

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

    Matthieu Giraud;Richard Taubert;Claire Vandiedonck;Xiayi Ke

  • The value of animal models for drug development in multiple sclerosis.

    Manuel A. Friese;Xavier Montalban;Nick Willcox;John I. Bell

  • Mature, long-lived CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are generated by the thymoma in myasthenia gravis.

    Camilla Buckley;Daniel Douek;John Newsom-Davis;Angela Vincent

  • Clinical Dutch-English Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS) Tumor Association Prediction Score Accurately Predicts Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the LEMS

    Maarten J. Titulaer;Paul Maddison;Jacob K. Sont;Paul W. Wirtz

  • Risk for myasthenia gravis maps to a (151) Pro→Ala change in TNIP1 and to human leukocyte antigen-B*08.

    Peter K. Gregersen;Roman Kosoy;Annette T. Lee;Janine Lamb

  • Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome Type 1: An Extensive Longitudinal Study in Sardinian Patients

    Antonella Meloni;Nick Willcox;Anthony Meager;Michela Atzeni

  • Determinant spreading and immune responses to acetylcholine receptors in myasthenia gravis

    Angela Vincent;Nick Willcox;Marguerite Hill;John Curnow

  • Deficiency of the autoimmune regulator AIRE in thymomas is insufficient to elicit autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome type 1 (APS-1).

    P Ströbel;A Murumägi;R Klein;M Luster

  • Spontaneous neutralising antibodies to interferon-a and interleukin-12 in thymoma-associated autoimmune disease

    A Meager;A Vincent;J Newsom-Davis;N Willcox

  • Antibodies in Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders

    Angela Vincent;John McCONVILLE;Maria Elena Farrugia;John Bowen

  • Thymic myoid cells and germinal center formation in myasthenia gravis; possible roles in pathogenesis.

    Ioannis Roxanis;Kingsley Micklem;John McConville;John Newsom-Davis

  • Correlating genetic aberrations with world health organization-defined histology and stage across the spectrum of thymomas

    Masayoshi Inoue;Petr Starostik;Andreas Zettl;Philipp Ströbel

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela Vincent
Angela Vincent University of Oxford
J Newsom-Davis
J Newsom-Davis University of Oxford
David Beeson
David Beeson University of Oxford
Anthony Meager
Anthony Meager National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
Eystein S. Husebye
Eystein S. Husebye University of Bergen
Pärt Peterson
Pärt Peterson University of Tartu
Kai Kisand
Kai Kisand University of Tartu
Lars Fugger
Lars Fugger University of Oxford
Nils Erik Gilhus
Nils Erik Gilhus Haukeland University Hospital
Kai Krohn
Kai Krohn Tampere University

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