Marianna Spatola

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Featured publications

• Distinctive antibody responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pulmonary and brain infection.

  Authors:

  Spatola M; Nziza N; Irvine EB; Cizmeci D; Jung W;

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  Thwaites G; Lauffenburger DA; Fortune S; Thuong NTT; Alter G.

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  Reference: Brain 2024.

• Humoral signatures of MOG-antibody associated disease

  Authors:

  Spatola, M; Chuquisana, O; Jung, W; Lopez, J; Wendel, EM;

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  Lauffenburger, D; Rostásy, K; Brilot, F; Alter, G; Lünemann, J.

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  Reference: Multiple Sclerosis Journal 2023.

• Neurologic sequelae of COVID-19 are determined by immunologic imprinting from previous coronaviruses

  Authors:

  Spatola M; Nziza N; Jung W; Deng Y; Yuan D;

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  Chiodega V; Ferrari S; Lauffenburger DA; Mariotto S; Alter G.

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  Reference: Brain 2023.

• Functional Compartmentalization of Antibodies in the Central Nervous System During Chronic HIV Infection

  Authors:

  Spatola, M; Loos, C; Cizmeci, D; Webb, N; Gorman, MJ;

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  Fontana, L; Mukerji, SS; Lauffenburger, DA; Gabuzda, D; Alter, G.

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  Reference: Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022.

• Human Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Antibodies Alter Receptor Levels and Behavior in Mice

  Authors:

  Maudes, Estibaliz; Mannara, Francesco; Garcia-Serra, Anna; Radosevic, Marija; Mellado, Araceli;

  Serafim, Ana Beatriz; Planaguma, Jesus; Sabater, Lidia; Dalmau, Josep; Spatola, Marianna.

  Reference: Annals Of Neurology 2022.

• Clinical features, prognostic factors, and antibody effects in anti-mGluR1 encephalitis

  Authors:

  Spatola, Marianna; Pedrol, Mar Petit; Maudes, Estibaliz; Simabukuro, Mateus; Muniz-Castrillo, Sergio;

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  Smitt, Peter Sillevis; Honnorat, Jerome; Rosenfeld, Myrna R; Graus, Francesc; Dalmau, Josep.

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  Reference: Neurology 2020.

• Frequency, symptoms, risk factors, and outcomes of autoimmune encephalitis after herpes simplex encephalitis: a prospective observational study and retrospective analysis

  Authors:

  Armangue, Thais; Spatola, Marianna; Vlagea, Alexandru; Mattozzi, Simone; Carceles-Cordon, Marc;

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  Alsina, Laia; Saiz, Albert; Rosenfeld, Myrna R; Graus, Francesc; Dalmau, Josep.

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  Reference: Lancet Neurology 2018.

• Encephalitis with mGluR5 antibodies: Symptoms and antibody effects.

  Authors:

  Spatola, Marianna; Sabater, Lidia; Planaguma, Jesus; Martinez-Hernandez, Eugenia; Armangue, Thais;

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  Tubridy, Niall; Munteis Olivas, Elvira; Rosenfeld, Myrna R; Graus, Francesc; Dalmau, Josep.

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  Reference: Neurology 2018.

• Investigations in GABAA receptor antibody-associated encephalitis.

  Authors:

  Spatola, Marianna; Petit-Pedrol, Mar; Simabukuro, Mateus Mistieri; Armangue, Thas; Castro, Fernanda J;

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  Felipe, Ana; Oblitas, Ruben L Caparo; Rosenfeld, Myrna R; Graus, Francesc; Dalmau, Josep.

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  Reference: Neurology 2017.

• Serum and CSF GQ1b antibodies in isolated ophthalmologic syndromes

  Authors:

  Spatola, M; Du Pasquier, R; Schluep, M; Regeniter, A;

  Reference: Neurology 2016.

Featured Projects

• Defining the role of antibody-innate immunity interplay in NMDAR encephalitis pathogenesis

  Principal investigator: Marianna Spatola

  Funder: Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Entidad de origen); Instituto de Salud Carlos III

  Duration: 01/01/2024 - 01/01/2026

• Functional role of antibodies against herpes simplex virus 1 in brain infection and autoimmunity

  Funder: Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Entidad de origen); La Caixa Foundation

  Duration: 01/01/2022 - 01/01/2025

• Identification of immune correlates of protection from herpes simplex virus 1 encephalitis

  Principal investigator: Marianna Spatola

  Funder: Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Entidad de origen); Swiss National Funding (FNS)

  Duration: 01/01/2020 - 01/01/2022

• Pathogenic mechanisms of autoimmune encephalitis with antibodies to metabotropic receptors

  Principal investigator: Marianna Spatola

  Funder: Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Entidad de origen); University of Lausanne

  Duration: 01/01/2018 - 01/12/2018

• Role of neurotropic viruses and other pathogens in the development of brain autoimmunity

  Principal investigator: Marianna Spatola

  Funder: Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Entidad de origen); American Academy of Neurology

  Duration: 01/01/2018 - 01/01/2021