CURRENT POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE
A post for an enthusiastic, team player with neuroimmunology/immunology - and particularly T cell - expertise.
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Sarosh Irani
Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Neurologist
- Head, Oxford Autoimmune Neurology Group
- Co-director Autoimmune Neurology Diagnostic laboratory
Autoantibody-mediated neurological diseases
Research Summary
I am a consultant neurologist and clinician-scientist with clinical and laboratory experiences in the field of autoantibody mediated diseases of the nervous system, in particular the central nervous system. I care for patients with these disorders and run a research group to learn more about the origins and treatments of these diseases. I welcome referrals of patients with possible autoimmune neurological conditions.
I have studied the antigenic targets of autoantibodies in patients with encephalitis and epilepsies. In particular, my research has focused on LGI1, CASPR2 and the NMDA-receptor. In addition, I have been involved with projects examining autoantibodies against the GABAA-receptor, glycine receptors and aquaporin-4.
Along with colleagues, I have looked after and met multiple patients with these disorders, phenotyped these patients in great detail, and characterised their clinical responses to therapies. These findings have generated, often distinctive, clinical features which correlate well with a high likelihood of an immunotherapy-responsive condition. They have also identified novel clinical descriptions of patients with cognitive, movement and seizure disorders, in particular faciobrachial dystonic seizures - a novel autoimmune epilepsy syndrome which often responds better to immunotherapies than conventional anti-epileptic drugs.
I run a research group combining talented clinicians, clinician-scientists and basic scientists with the aim of better understanding the causes and potential treatments of this condition.
I am currently exploring new antigenic targets, improved methods to measure antibody levels, mechanisms of antibody action and methods to study novel therapeutic agents as part of a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship.
Recent publications
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Absence of neuronal autoantibodies in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus.
Journal article
Varley JA. et al, (2020), Ann Neurol
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IRAK4 deficiency presenting with anti- NMDAR encephalitis and HHV6 reactivation
Journal article
IRANI S., (2020), Journal of Clinical Immunology
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Brain hyper-excitability in DPPX ataxia.
Journal article
Pattrick M. et al, (2020), J Neurol
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LGI1-antibody associated epilepsy successfully treated in the outpatient setting
Journal article
Uribe-San-Martín R. et al, (2020), Journal of Neuroimmunology, 345
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LGI1-antibody associated epilepsy successfully treated in the outpatient setting.
Journal article
Uribe-San-Martín R. et al, (2020), J Neuroimmunol, 345