Responsibilities
Junior Group Leader
Contact
University Hospital and Biomedical Center
Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
Großhaderner Str. 9
D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Email:
simone.mader@med.uni-muenchen.de
Website:
https://www.neuroimmunology-munich.de/our-labs/mader-lab-cns-reactive-antibodies/7ce6930971558afc
Further Information
Keywords:
autoantibodies, autoreactive B cells, CNS demyelinating diseases, Cerebellar Ataxia, MOG, AQP4, novel autoantigens
Brief research description:
There is an increasing awareness of the contribution of CNS-reactive antibodies in different neurological diseases. These antibodies penetrate brain tissue upon blood brain barrier breach or early in development. Antibodies can bind to different extracellular or intracellular antigens and their contribution to tissue injury is often unclear. We aim to characterize novel CNS-reactive antibodies in different autoimmune diseases and analyze the mechanisms of autoantibody-mediated impairment of neuronal or glial cell function. Our studies provide important insights for biomarker discovery and for future therapeutic applications to prevent the pathogenic effects of CNS-reactive autoantibodies.
Graduated GSN students: Dr. Samantha Ho
Selected publications:
Mader S*, Brimberg L, Vo A, Strohl JJ, Crawford JM, Bonnin A, Carrión J, Campbell D, Huerta TS, La Bella A, Berlin R, Dewey SL, Hellman M, Eidelberg D, Dujmovic I, Drulovic J, Bennett JL, Volpe BT, Huerta PT, Diamond B. In utero exposure to maternal anti-aquaporin-4 antibodies alters brain vasculature and neural dynamics in male mouse offspring. Sci Transl Med. 2022, 20;14(641):eabe9726. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abe9726
Mader S, Jeganathan V*, Arinuma Y, Fujieda Y, Dujmovic I, Drulovic J, Shimizu Y, Sakuma Y, Stern JNH, Aranow C, Mackay M, Yasuda S, Atsumi T, Hirohata S, Diamond B. Understanding the Antibody Repertoire in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Do They Share Common Targets? Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Feb;70(2):277-286. DOI: 10.1002/art.40356
Brimberg L*, Mader S*, Jeganathan V, Berlin R, Gregersen P, Huerta P, Volpe B, Diamond B. Caspr2-reactive antibody cloned from a mother of an ASD child mediates ASD-like phenotype in mice. Molecular Psychiatry. 2016 Dec;21(12):1663-1671 (* co-first authors) DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.165
Rostasy K, Mader S, Di Pauli F, Huppke P, Gärtner J, Marquart F, Karenfurt M, Tibussek D, Blaschek A, Kornek B, Leitz S, Berger T, Reindl M. Anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies in pediatric patients with optic neuritis. Archives of Neurology, 2012;69(6):752-756. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.2956.
Mader S, Gredler V, Schanda K, Rostasy K, Dujmovic I, Pfaller K, Lutterotti A, Jarius S, Di Pauli F, Kuenz B, Ehling R, Hegen H, Deisenhammer F, Aboul-Enein F, Storch M K, Koson P, Drulovic J, Kristoferitsch W, Berger T, Reindl M; Complement activating antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in neuromyelitis optica and related disorders. J Neuroinflammation. 2011;8:184 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-8-184