Amol Bhandage

Serum inflammatory proteomic signatures define chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and inform on disease activity

Bhandage, Amol Keshavasa; Stascheit, Frauke; Preßler, Hannah; Hoffmann, Sarah et al.

Part of eBioMedicine, 2026

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Complement C3 Inhibition Restores Myasthenia Gravis AChR Antibody-Mediated Muscle Pathophysiology

Huang, Yu-Fang; Bhandage, Amol; Fichtner, Miriam; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of eBioMedicine, 2026

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On the road to blood biomarkers in myasthenia gravis (MG): Beyond clinical scales

Bhandage, Amol; Huang, Yu-Fang; Punga, Tanel; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, p. 493-506, 2026

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Inflammatory imbalance and activation deficits in T cells of myasthenia gravis patients revealed by proteomic profiling

Bhandage, Amol; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2025

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AXIN1, STAMBP, ST1A1, CDCP1, and SIRT2 Validated as Myasthenia Gravis Biomarkers: A Comparative Proteomic Study With MS, CIDP, and Controls

Bhandage, Amol; Hoffmann, Sarah; Dusemund, Carla; Stascheit, Frauke et al.

Part of European Journal of Neurology, 2025

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Chapter Ten - Blood and digital biomarkers in MG

Bhandage, Amol; Chen, Jiaxin; Kaminski, Henry J.; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of International Review of Neurobiology, p. 205-226, Elsevier, 2025

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Serum protein biomarker profile distinguishes acetylcholine receptor antibody seropositive myasthenia gravis patients from healthy controls.

Bhandage, Amol; Kenina, Viktorija; Huang, Yu-Fang; Roddate, Marija et al.

Part of iScience, p. 110564, 2024

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Serum inflammatory proteomic signatures define chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and inform on disease activity

Bhandage, Amol Keshavasa; Stascheit, Frauke; Preßler, Hannah; Hoffmann, Sarah et al.

Part of eBioMedicine, 2026

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Complement C3 Inhibition Restores Myasthenia Gravis AChR Antibody-Mediated Muscle Pathophysiology

Huang, Yu-Fang; Bhandage, Amol; Fichtner, Miriam; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of eBioMedicine, 2026

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On the road to blood biomarkers in myasthenia gravis (MG): Beyond clinical scales

Bhandage, Amol; Huang, Yu-Fang; Punga, Tanel; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, p. 493-506, 2026

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GABAA receptor agonists modulate intracellular Ca2+ levels in activated human CD4+ T cells

Korol, Sergiy; Jin, Zhe; Bhandage, Amol; Hammoud, Hayma et al.

Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2026

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Inflammatory imbalance and activation deficits in T cells of myasthenia gravis patients revealed by proteomic profiling

Bhandage, Amol; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2025

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Serum inflammatory proteomic signatures define chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and inform on disease activity

Bhandage, Amol Keshavasa; Stascheit, Frauke; Preßler, Hannah; Hoffmann, Sarah et al.

Part of eBioMedicine, 2026

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Complement C3 Inhibition Restores Myasthenia Gravis AChR Antibody-Mediated Muscle Pathophysiology

Huang, Yu-Fang; Bhandage, Amol; Fichtner, Miriam; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of eBioMedicine, 2026

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GABAA receptor agonists modulate intracellular Ca2+ levels in activated human CD4+ T cells

Korol, Sergiy; Jin, Zhe; Bhandage, Amol; Hammoud, Hayma et al.

Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2026

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Inflammatory imbalance and activation deficits in T cells of myasthenia gravis patients revealed by proteomic profiling

Bhandage, Amol; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2025

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AXIN1, STAMBP, ST1A1, CDCP1, and SIRT2 Validated as Myasthenia Gravis Biomarkers: A Comparative Proteomic Study With MS, CIDP, and Controls

Bhandage, Amol; Hoffmann, Sarah; Dusemund, Carla; Stascheit, Frauke et al.

Part of European Journal of Neurology, 2025

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Inhibition of the Na⁺-glucose transporter SGLT2 reduces glucose uptake and IFNγ release from activated human CD4⁺ T cells

Jin, Zhe; Hammoud, Hayma; Bhandage, Amol K.; Koreli, Stasini et al.

Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2025

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Short-term changes in serum miRNA levels and patient-reported clinical outcomes in myasthenia gravis

Huang, Yu-Fang; Bhandage, Amol; Diaz-Pintado Adeström, Lisa; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of Muscle and Nerve, p. 284-289, 2024

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Serum protein biomarker profile distinguishes acetylcholine receptor antibody seropositive myasthenia gravis patients from healthy controls.

Bhandage, Amol; Kenina, Viktorija; Huang, Yu-Fang; Roddate, Marija et al.

Part of iScience, p. 110564, 2024

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GABA-mediated inhibition of human CD4⁺ T cell functions is enhanced by insulin but impaired by high glucose levels

Jin, Zhe; Hammoud, Hayma; Bhandage, Amol; Korol, Sergiy Vasylyovych et al.

Part of EBioMedicine, 2024

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scDual-Seq of Toxoplasma gondii-infected mouse BMDCs reveals heterogeneity and differential infection dynamics

Hildebrandt, Franziska; Mohammed, Mubasher; Dziedziech, Alexis; Bhandage, Amol et al.

Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2023

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GABAergic signaling by cells of the immune system: more the rule than the exception.

Bhandage, Amol; Barragan, Antonio

Part of Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (CMLS), p. 5667-5679, 2021

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GABAergic signaling in human and murine NK cells upon challenge with Toxoplasma gondii.

Bhandage, Amol; Friedrich, Laura M; Kanatani, Sachie; Jakobsson-Björkén, Simon et al.

Part of Journal of Leukocyte Biology, p. 617-628, 2021

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A motogenic GABAergic system of mononuclear phagocytes facilitates dissemination of coccidian parasites

Bhandage, Amol; Olivera, Gabriela C; Kanatani, Sachie; Thompson, Elizabeth et al.

Part of eLIFE, 2020

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Differential Responses of Bovine Monocyte-Derived Macrophages to Infection by Neospora caninum Isolates of High and Low Virulence

García-Sánchez, Marta; Jiménez-Pelayo, Laura; Horcajo, Pilar; Regidor-Cerrillo, Javier et al.

Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2019

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Toxoplasma-Induced Hypermigration of Primary Cortical Microglia Implicates GABAergic Signaling

Bhandage, Amol; Kanatani, Sachie; Barragan, Antonio

Part of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019

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Calling in the Ca_Valry-Toxoplasma gondii Hijacks GABAergic Signaling and Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channel Signaling for Trojan horse-Mediated Dissemination

Bhandage, Amol; Barragan, Antonio

Part of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019

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Depression, GABA, and Age Correlate with Plasma Levels of Inflammatory Markers

Bhandage, Amol K.; Cunningham, Janet L.; Jin, Zhe; Shen, Qiujin et al.

Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019

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Expression of calcium release-activated and voltage-gated calcium channels genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells is altered in pregnancy and in type 1 diabetes

Bhandage, Amol; Jin, Zhe; Korol, Sergiy V; Tafreshiha, Atieh et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2018

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Insulin enhances GABA_A receptor-mediated inhibitory currents in rat central amygdala neurons

Korol, Sergiy V.; Tafreshiha, Atieh; Bhandage, Amol K.; Birnir, Bryndis et al.

Part of Neuroscience Letters, p. 76-81, 2018

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Functional Characterization of Native, High-Affinity GABA_A Receptors in Human Pancreatic β Cells

Korol, Sergiy V; Jin, Zhe; Jin, Yang; Bhandage, Amol K. et al.

Part of EBioMedicine, 2018

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GABA Regulates Release of Inflammatory Cytokines From Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and CD4⁺ T Cells and Is Immunosuppressive in Type 1 Diabetes

Bhandage, Amol K.; Jin, Zhe; Korol, Sergiy V.; Shen, Qiujin et al.

Part of EBioMedicine, p. 283-294, 2018

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Characterization of the gamma-aminobutyric acid signaling system in the zebrafish (danio rerio hamilton) central nervous system by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Cocco, Arianna; Rönnberg, A. M. Carolina; Jin, Zhe; André, Goncalo Igreja et al.

Part of Neuroscience, p. 300-321, 2017

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Liraglutide modulates GABAergic signaling in rat hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons predominantly by presynaptic mechanism

Babateen, Omar; Korol, Sergiy V.; Jin, Zhe; Bhandage, Amol K. et al.

Part of BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology, 2017

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AMPA, NMDA and kainate glutamate receptor subunits are expressed in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) where the expression of GluK4 is altered by pregnancy and GluN2D by depression in pregnant women

Bhandage, Amol K.; Jin, Zhe; Hellgren, Charlotte; Korol, Sergiy V. et al.

Part of Journal of Neuroimmunology, p. 51-58, 2017

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The mRNA expression of GABA-A, GABA-B receptor subunits and chloride transporters in peripheral blood mononuclear cells is influenced by gender, pregnancy and depression

Bhandage, Amol; Hellgren, Charlotte; Jin, Zhe; Ólafsson, Einar et al.

Part of Acta Physiologica, p. 91-91, 2015

Expression of GABA receptors subunits in peripheral blood mononuclear cells is gender dependent, altered in pregnancy and modified by mental health

Bhandage, Amol K.; Hellgren, Charlotte; Jin, Zhe; Olafsson, Einar B et al.

Part of Acta Physiologica, p. 575-585, 2015

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Etomidate, propofol and diazepam potentiate GABA-evoked GABAA currents in a cell line derived from Human glioblastoma

Babateen, Omar; Jin, Zhe; Bhandage, Amol K.; Korol, Sergiy V et al.

Part of European Journal of Pharmacology, p. 101-107, 2015

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GABA-A receptor subunit expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Bhandage, Amol K.; Hellgren, Charlotte; Jin, Zhe; Olafsson, Einar et al.

Part of Acta Physiologica, p. 86-86, 2014

GABA-A receptor currents in a cell line (U3047MG) derived from a human glioblastoma tumor are enhanced by etomidate, propofol and diazepam

Babateen, Omar M.; Jin, Zhe; Bhandage, Amol K.; Korol, Sergiy V. et al.

Part of Acta Physiologica, p. 100-100, 2014

GABA-A and NMDA receptor subunit mRNA expression is altered in the caudate but not the putamen of the postmortem brains of alcoholics

Bhandage, Amol K.; Jin, Zhe; Bazov, Igor; Kononenko, Olga et al.

Part of Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2014

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Selective increases of AMPA, NMDA, and kainate receptor subunit mRNAs in the hippocampus and orbitofrontal cortex but not in prefrontal cortex of human alcoholics

Jin, Zhe; Bhandage, Amol K; Bazov, Igor; Kononenko, Olga et al.

Part of Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, p. 11, 2014

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Expression of specific ionotropic glutamate and GABA-A receptor subunits is decreased in central amygdala of alcoholics

Jin, Zhe; Bhandage, Amol K.; Bazov, Igor; Kononenko, Olga et al.

Part of Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, p. 288, 2014

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Different subtypes of GABA-A receptors are expressed in human, mouse and rat T lymphocytes

Mendu, Suresh Kumar; Bhandage, Amol; Jin, Zhe; Birnir, Bryndis

Part of PLOS ONE, 2012

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On the road to blood biomarkers in myasthenia gravis (MG): Beyond clinical scales

Bhandage, Amol; Huang, Yu-Fang; Punga, Tanel; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, p. 493-506, 2026

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Chapter Ten - Blood and digital biomarkers in MG

Bhandage, Amol; Chen, Jiaxin; Kaminski, Henry J.; Rostedt Punga, Anna

Part of International Review of Neurobiology, p. 205-226, Elsevier, 2025

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GABA is an efficient immunomodulator molecule

Jin, Zhe; Mendu, Suresh Kumar; Bhandage, Amol K.; Birnir, Bryndis

Part of Nerve-Driven Immunity, p. 163-173, Springer, 2012

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Glutamate and GABA signalling components in the human brain and in immune cells

Bhandage, Amol K.

2016

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GABA, insulin and glucose orchestrate effector functions of human CD4+ T cells

Jin, Zhe; Hammoud, Hayma; Bhandage, Amol; Korol, Sergiy et al.