Transcriptomic and clonal characterization of T cells in the human central nervous system

JL Pappalardo, L Zhang, MK Pecsok, K Perlman… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
T cells provide critical immune surveillance to the central nervous system (CNS), and the
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is thought to be a main route for their entry. Further …

Identifying CNS-colonizing T cells as potential therapeutic targets to prevent progression of multiple sclerosis

M Kaufmann, H Evans, AL Schaupp, JB Engler, G Kaur… - Med, 2021 - cell.com
Background Multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system
(CNS), can be suppressed in its early stages but eventually becomes clinically progressive …

High-dimensional investigation of the cerebrospinal fluid to explore and monitor CNS immune responses

M Heming, AL Börsch, H Wiendl, G Meyer zu Hörste - Genome Medicine, 2022 - Springer
The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) features a unique immune cell composition and is in constant
contact with the brain borders, thus permitting insights into the brain to diagnose and monitor …

T-cell surveillance of the human brain in health and multiple sclerosis

J Smolders, MM van Luijn, CC Hsiao… - Seminars in …, 2022 - Springer
Circulating and tissue-resident T cells collaborate in the protection of tissues against harmful
infections and malignant transformation but also can instigate autoimmune reactions. Similar …

Integrated single cell analysis of blood and cerebrospinal fluid leukocytes in multiple sclerosis

D Schafflick, CA Xu, M Hartlehnert, M Cole… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protects the central nervous system (CNS) and analyzing CSF
aids the diagnosis of CNS diseases, but our understanding of CSF leukocytes remains …

Understanding the role of T cells in CNS homeostasis

E Ellwardt, JT Walsh, J Kipnis, F Zipp - Trends in immunology, 2016 - cell.com
T cells within the central nervous system (CNS) have been generally considered
pathogenic, especially in the context of neuroinflammatory disease. However, recent …

A single-cell analysis framework allows for characterization of CSF leukocytes and their tissue of origin in multiple sclerosis

P Ostkamp, M Deffner… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Peripheral central nervous system (CNS)–infiltrating lymphocytes are a hallmark of
relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM) not only …

Tissue-resident CD8+ T cells drive compartmentalized and chronic autoimmune damage against CNS neurons

D Frieser, A Pignata, L Khajavi, D Shlesinger… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
The mechanisms underlying the chronicity of autoimmune diseases of the central nervous
system (CNS) are largely unknown. In particular, it is unclear whether tissue-resident …

Functional inflammatory profiles distinguish myelin-reactive T cells from patients with multiple sclerosis

Y Cao, BA Goods, K Raddassi, GT Nepom… - Science translational …, 2015 - science.org
Myelin-reactive T cells have been identified in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and
healthy subjects with comparable frequencies, but the contribution of these autoreactive T …

Single-cell profiling identifies myeloid cell subsets with distinct fates during neuroinflammation

MJC Jordão, R Sankowski, SM Brendecke, Sagar… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Under homeostasis, the central nervous system (CNS) hosts microglia
(MG) and CNS-associated macrophages (CAMs). During experimental autoimmune …