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Sonia Berrih-Aknin

Sonia Berrih-Aknin

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Immunology

D-Index
61
Citations
11010
World Ranking
3269
National Ranking
148

Overview

Sonia Berrih-Aknin is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and primarily conducts research within the field of Medicine. Their work focuses heavily on Neurology, with additional contributions to Immunology, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Parkinson's Disease and Spinal Disorders
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Several notable papers authored by Sonia Berrih-Aknin include:

  • Estrogen, estrogen-like molecules and autoimmune diseases, 2020, Autoimmunity Reviews
  • Patient-reported burden of myasthenia gravis: baseline results of the international prospective, observational, longitudinal real-world digital study MyRealWorld-MG, 2023, BMJ Open
  • Myasthenia Gravis: An Acquired Interferonopathy?, 2022, Cells
  • Decreased expression of miR-29 family associated with autoimmune myasthenia gravis, 2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Patient-reported impact of myasthenia gravis in the real world: protocol for a digital observational study (MyRealWorld MG), 2021, BMJ Open

The scientist has published frequently in journals such as:

  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Autoimmunity Reviews

Collaborations are an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Rozen Le Panse
  • Frédérique Truffault
  • Élie Fadel
  • Odessa-Maud Fayet
  • Nadine Dragin

Best Publications

  • Functional defect of regulatory CD4(+)CD25+ T cells in the thymus of patients with autoimmune myasthenia gravis.

    Anna Balandina;Sandrine Lécart;Sandrine Lécart;Philippe Dartevelle;Philippe Dartevelle;Abdelhadi Saoudi;Abdelhadi Saoudi

  • Myasthenia gravis: a comprehensive review of immune dysregulation and etiological mechanisms.

    Sonia Berrih-Aknin;Rozen Le Panse

  • A comprehensive analysis of the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of anti-LRP4 in myasthenia gravis

    P. Zisimopoulou;P. Evangelakou;J. Tzartos;K. Lazaridis

  • Diagnostic and clinical classification of autoimmune myasthenia gravis

    Sonia Berrih-Aknin;Mélinée Frenkian-Cuvelier;Bruno Eymard

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

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

  • Human thymus contains IFN-α-producing CD11c–, myeloid CD11c+, and mature interdigitating dendritic cells

    Nathalie Bendriss-Vermare;Clarisse Barthélémy;Isabelle Durand;Corine Bruand

  • Estrogen-mediated downregulation of AIRE influences sexual dimorphism in autoimmune diseases.

    Nadine Dragin;Jacky Bismuth;Géraldine Cizeron-Clairac;Maria Grazia Biferi

  • The chemokine CXCL13 is a key molecule in autoimmune myasthenia gravis

    Amel Meraouna;Geraldine Cizeron-Clairac;Rozen Le Panse;Jacky Bismuth

  • Mesenchymal stem cells as an immunomodulatory therapeutic strategy for autoimmune diseases

    Eyal Ben-Ami;Sonia Berrih-Aknin;Ariel Miller

  • Phenotypic and immunohistological analyses of the human adult thymus: evidence for an active thymus during adult life.

    Jean-Marc Bertho;Christelle Demarquay;Nathalie Moulian;Anne Van Der Meeren

  • Expression of acetylcholine receptor genes in human thymic epithelial cells: implications for myasthenia gravis

    A Wakkach;T Guyon;C Bruand;S Tzartos

  • Human anti-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor recombinant Fab fragments isolated from thymus-derived phage display libraries from myasthenia gravis patients reflect predominant specificities in serum and block the action of pathogenic serum antibodies.

    Y. F. Graus;M. H. De Baets;P. W. H. I. Parren;S. Berrih-Aknin

  • Both Treg cells and Tconv cells are defective in the Myasthenia gravis thymus: roles of IL-17 and TNF-α.

    Angeline Gradolatto;Dani Nazzal;Frédérique Truffault;Jacky Bismuth

  • The role of the thymus in myasthenia gravis: immunohistological and immunological studies in 115 cases.

    S. Berrih-Aknin;E. Morel;F. Raimond;D. Safar

  • Epstein-Barr virus persistence and reactivation in myasthenia gravis thymus

    Paola Cavalcante;Barbara Serafini;Barbara Rosicarelli;Lorenzo Maggi

  • A Specific Interferon (IFN)-stimulated Response Element of the Distal HLA-G Promoter Binds IFN-regulatory Factor 1 and Mediates Enhancement of This Nonclassical Class I Gene by IFN-β

    Sophie Lefebvre;Sonia Berrih-Aknin;Francisco Adrian;Philippe Moreau

  • Genetic basis of myasthenia gravis – A comprehensive review

    Nili Avidan;Rozen Le Panse;Sonia Berrih-Aknin;Ariel Miller

  • Myasthenia Gravis: Paradox versus paradigm in autoimmunity

    Sonia Berrih-Aknin

  • Effects of Cytokines on Acetylcholine Receptor Expression: Implications for Myasthenia Gravis

    Sandrine Poëa-Guyon;Premkumar Christadoss;Rozen Le Panse;Thierry Guyon

  • Thymic B cells from myasthenia gravis patients are activated B cells. Phenotypic and functional analysis.

    C Leprince;S Cohen-Kaminsky;S Berrih-Aknin;B Vernet-Der Garabedian

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Eymard
Bruno Eymard Université Paris Cité
Socrates J. Tzartos
Socrates J. Tzartos Institut Pasteur
Sara Fuchs
Sara Fuchs Weizmann Institute of Science
Pierre Galanaud
Pierre Galanaud University of Paris-Saclay
Renato Mantegazza
Renato Mantegazza Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Jean-François Bach
Jean-François Bach Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Jean-Pierre Changeux Institut Pasteur
Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor
Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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