CD20+ B cell depletion alters T cell homing

YS Kap, N van Driel, JD Laman, PP Tak… - The Journal of …, 2014 - journals.aai.org
Depleting mAbs against the pan B cell marker CD20 are remarkably effective in the
treatment of autoimmune-mediated inflammatory disorders, but the underlying mechanisms …

B cells and autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and related inflammatory demyelinating diseases

KA McLaughlin, KW Wucherpfennig - Advances in immunology, 2008 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system (CNS). The mainstream view is that MS is caused by an autoimmune attack …

Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Mediated by CD8+ T Cells

Q Ji, J Goverman - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that
is believed to have an autoimmune origin. CD4+ T cells have been well studied for their …

Sustained clinical improvement in a subset of patients with progressive multiple sclerosis treated with Epstein–Barr virus-specific T cell therapy

ZA Ioannides, PA Csurhes, NL Douglas… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Increasing evidence indicates a role for Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) in the
pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). EBV-infected autoreactive B cells might accumulate …

Preventing and curing multiple sclerosis by controlling Epstein–Barr virus infection

MP Pender - Autoimmunity reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
It has been noted since 1981 that late primary infection with the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) in
adolescence or young adulthood can account for the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis …

Increased frequency and broadened specificity of latent EBV nuclear antigen-1-specific T cells in multiple sclerosis

JD Lünemann, N Edwards, PA Muraro, S Hayashi… - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Epidemiological studies consistently demonstrate that patients with multiple sclerosis are
almost universally infected with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) and that the risk of developing the …

Epstein-Barr virus infection of human brain microvessel endothelial cells: a novel role in multiple sclerosis

C Casiraghi, K Dorovini-Zis, MS Horwitz - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory neurological disease that is widely regarded as
the outcome of complex interactions between a genetic predisposition and an environmental …

The role of Epstein-Barr virus in multiple sclerosis: from molecular pathophysiology to: in vivo: imaging

Y Guan, D Jakimovski, M Ramanathan… - Neural regeneration …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system characterized by
inflammation, demyelination, and neuronal damage. Environmental and genetic factors are …

The role of B cells in the immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

T Gharibi, Z Babaloo, A Hosseini, F Marofi… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is ongoing debate on how B cells contribute to the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis
(MS). The success of B‐cell targeting therapies in MS highlighted the role of B cells …

Strong EBV-specific CD8+ T-cell response in patients with early multiple sclerosis

S Jilek, M Schluep, P Meylan, F Vingerhoets… - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), however, most
studies examining the relationship between the virus and the disease have been based on …