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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved efgartigimod (Vyvgart, argenx), a first-in-class, targeted therapy for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) who test positive for the antiacetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody... Full text at...

Antibodies against human endogenous retrovirus K102 envelope activate neutrophils in systemic lupus erythematosus Maria Tokuyama, Bronwyn M. Gunn, Arvind Venkataraman, Yong Kong, Insoo Kang, Tasfia Rakib, Michael J. Townsend, Karen H. Costenbader, Galit Alter and Akiko Iwasaki Journal of...

Abstract Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is characterized by widespread pain and tenderness, and patients typically experience fatigue and emotional distress. The etiology and pathophysiology of fibromyalgia are not fully explained and there are no effective drug treatments. Here we show that IgG...

Open access, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666354620300120

Something in the serum again... Link: http://www.jneurology.com/articles/human-immunoglobulin-g-igg-neutralizes-adverse-effects-of-gulf-war-illness-gwi-serum-in-neural-cultures-paving-the-way-to-immunoth.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2899772/ Abstract Introduction: It is well-known that specific foods trigger migraine attacks in some patients. We aimed to investigate the effect of diet restriction, based on IgG antibodies against food antigens on the course of migraine attacks in...

IgG is used to measure the response to a vaccine (eg. PPV23) to assess for potential immunodeficiency in the case of recurrent infections. IgG is used to determine viral reactivation (eg. EBV). But IgG is not a determinant of “allergy”. Is anyone able to explain what sort of immune reaction...