Therapeutic strategies targeting B-cells in multiple sclerosis

R Milo - Autoimmunity reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory and demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system (CNS) that traditionally has been considered to be mediated primarily by T …

B cells in autoimmune and neurodegenerative central nervous system diseases

JJ Sabatino Jr, AK Pröbstel, SS Zamvil - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019 - nature.com
B cells are essential components of the adaptive immune system and have important roles
in the pathogenesis of several central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Besides producing …

Effector and regulatory B cells in multiple sclerosis

E Staun-Ram, A Miller - Clinical immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
The role of B cells in the pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune
neurodegenerative disease, is becoming eminent in recent years, but the specific …

Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis

G Houen, NH Trier, JL Frederiksen - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurologic disease affecting myelinated nerves in the central
nervous system (CNS). The disease often debuts as a clinically isolated syndrome, eg, optic …

[HTML][HTML] Unstable EBV latency drives inflammation in multiple sclerosis patient derived spontaneous B cells

S Soldan, C Su, MC Monaco, N Brown, A Clauze… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a known
etiologic risk factor, and perhaps prerequisite, for the development of MS. EBV establishes …

B‐lymphocyte contributions to human autoimmune disease

K Yanaba, JD Bouaziz, T Matsushita… - Immunological …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Autoimmunity results from abnormal B‐and T‐cell recognition of self‐antigens, which leads
to autoantibody production in many cases. Autoantibodies produced by B‐cell‐derived …

Role of B cells and antibodies in multiple sclerosis

P Wanleenuwat, P Iwanowski - Multiple sclerosis and related disorders, 2019 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronically progressive auto-immune mediated inflammatory
demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) which manifests as disturbances …

MINI-review of Epstein-Barr virus involvement in multiple sclerosis etiology and pathogenesis

F Aloisi, AH Cross - Journal of Neuroimmunology, 2022 - Elsevier
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the infectious agent that shows the strongest association with
multiple sclerosis (MS). EBV is a ubiquitous double stranded DNA herpes virus that …

Interferon‐β therapy specifically reduces pathogenic memory B cells in multiple sclerosis patients by inducing a FAS‐mediated apoptosis

F Rizzo, E Giacomini, R Mechelli… - … and Cell Biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Growing evidences put B lymphocytes on a central stage in multiple sclerosis (MS)
immunopathology. While investigating the effects of interferon‐β (IFN‐β) therapy, one of the …

From blood to tissue: take a deeper look at B cells in lupus

Q Fu, X Zhang - Cellular & Molecular Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
A hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is aberrant B-cell differentiation and
function, and the pathogenic roles of B cells are multifaceted. In addition to producing …