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Positive or negative involvement of heat-shock proteins in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis: an overview.

2014

multiple sclerosiCNSheat-shock proteinmyelin antigenheat-shock proteins; multiple sclerosis; myelin antigens; CNS
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Unraveling the T-B tangle in anti-CD20 multiple sclerosis therapy.

2019

Significance Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. CD8+ T cells have been strongly implicated in MS pathogenesis, but it is unclear whether myelin is a CD8+ T cell autoantigenic target in MS. This study demonstrated that while myelin-specific CD8+ T cells are present at similar frequencies in untreated MS patients and healthy subjects, the proportion of memory and CD20-expressing myelin-specific CD8+ T cells was increased in MS patients, suggesting prior antigen encounter. This activated phenotype was reversible as the memory and CD20-expressing populations of certain myelin-specific CD8+ T cells were reduced following anti-CD20 trea…

Multiple SclerosisCentral nervous systemAxonal lossDiseaseCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8+ T cellsanti-CD20 therapy03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineImmune systemImmunology and InflammationAntigenmedicineHumansMyelin SheathMultidisciplinarybusiness.industryMultiple sclerosisExperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisBiological Sciencesmedicine.diseaseAntigens CD20medicine.anatomical_structureImmunizationImmunologybusinessmyelin antigen030217 neurology & neurosurgery030215 immunologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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