Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous
system (CNS). Compared to other types of self-limiting myelin disorders, MS …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) for
which both genetic and environmental risk factors have been identified. The strongest …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by
chronic neuroinflammation, axonal damage, and demyelination. Cellular components of the …

Background Gene expression analyses in paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and peripheral
blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are restrained by …

There is increasing evidence that infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) plays a role in
the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of …

Intracerebral infection of susceptible strains of mice, eg SJL/J, with Theiler's murine
encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) leads to a persistent CNS infection accompanied by …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is caused by T cells that are reactive for brain antigens. In
experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, the animal model for MS, myelin-reactive T …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS)
afflicting approximately 250,000 individuals in the United States. This inflammatory disease …

Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system (CNS) that is caused by autoreactive T cells and associated with viral …

The possibility that retroviruses play a role in multiple sclerosis (MS) has long been
considered; accumulating findings suggest this to be most likely in the form of human …