Immunotherapeutic approaches in multiple sclerosis

L Adorini - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2004 - Elsevier
The progress in understanding the mechanisms of T cell activation, inactivation and
modulation has been translated into different immunotherapeutic strategies aiming at …

Do Th2 cells mediate the effects of glatiramer acetate in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis?

Y Jee, R Liu, XF Bai, DI Campagnolo… - International …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Mechanisms underlying the clinical benefits of glatiramer acetate (GA) for patients with
multiple sclerosis (MS) remain elusive. A prevailing hypothesis is that GA can induce Th2 …

Myelin-specific CD8 T cells in the pathogenesis of experimental allergic encephalitis and multiple sclerosis

L Steinman - The Journal of experimental medicine, 2001 - rupress.org
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) serves as the prototypic model for T cell–
mediated autoimmunity. EAE has striking similarities with the human disease acute …

The immunological basis for treatment of multiple sclerosis

T Holmøy, F Vartdal - Scandinavian journal of immunology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
During the last few years, the concept of multiple sclerosis (MS) as a pure inflammatory
disease mediated by myelin reactive T cells has been challenged. Neither the specificity nor …

Role of CD8+ CD25+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in multiple sclerosis

J Correale, A Villa - Annals of neurology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective of this study was to investigate the role of CD8+ CD25+ FoxP3+
cells during the course of multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods Peripheral blood and …

GM-CSF production by autoreactive T cells is required for the activation of microglial cells and the onset of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

ED Ponomarev, LP Shriver, K Maresz… - The Journal of …, 2007 - journals.aai.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a CNS autoimmune disease believed to be triggered by T cells
secreting Th1-specific proinflammatory cytokines, such as GM-CSF. In the animal model of …

Similar sensitivity of regulatory T cells towards CD95L-mediated apoptosis in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy individuals

B Fritzsching, M Korporal, J Haas, PH Krammer… - Journal of the …, 2006 - Elsevier
Impaired suppressive function of CD4+ CD25high regulatory T cells (Treg) has been
reported as a novel pathogenetic mechanism in Multiple sclerosis (MS). We addressed if …

The plasticity of immune cell response complicates dissecting the underlying pathology of multiple sclerosis

SK Sarkar, AML Willson… - Journal of Immunology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative autoimmune disease characterized by the
destruction of the myelin sheath of the neuronal axon in the central nervous system. Many …

CD8+ phagocyte recruitment in rat experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: association with inflammatory tissue destruction

M Schroeter, G Stoll, R Weissert, HP Hartung… - The American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence suggests an important role of CD8+ cells in the pathogenesis of
multiple sclerosis and its animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) …

Which immune cells matter? The immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

B Broux, P Stinissen, N Hellings - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2013 - dl.begellhouse.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease of the central nervous system (CNS), which is
believed to be immune-mediated. While CD4+ T cells have been the main suspects for …