Moreover, anti-GalC antibodies caused demyelinating neuropathy in rabbits (Saida et al., 1979) and have been associated with demyelination in GBS (Ang et al., 2002), but also in encephalitis (Christie et al., 2007b) and encephalomyelitis (Samukawa et al., 2012). The gene discussed is GALC; the disease is viral encephalitis.