Both MOGAD and NMOSD target optic nerves and spinal cord preferentially despite different antigen distributions (MOG on myelin vs AQP4 on astrocytes). The mechanism underlying this shared tissue tropism remains unexplained and could inform therapeutic targeting. Gap type: unexplained_observation Source paper: Uncommon Non-MS Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System. (2025, Current neurology and neuroscience reports, PMID:40591029)
Landscape Summary: What determines the tissue-specific targeting patterns in MOG vs AQP4 antibody-mediated diseases? is a 0.77 priority gap in neuroinflammation. It has 0 linked hypotheses with average composite score 0.000. Status: open.
Colonna, Sevlever, et al. (TREM2 biology)
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