[HTML][HTML] TCR repertoire diversity in Multiple Sclerosis: High-dimensional bioinformatics analysis of sequences from brain, cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood

R Amoriello, M Chernigovskaya, V Greiff… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background T cells play a key role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic,
inflammatory, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Although several …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive analysis of TCR-β repertoire in patients with neurological immune-mediated disorders

AP Alves Sousa, KR Johnson, J Ohayon, J Zhu… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In this study we characterized the TCR repertoire profiles in patients with chronic
progressive inflammatory neurological disorders including HAM/TSP, associated with …

Disease etiology and diagnosis by TCR repertoire analysis goes viral

M Attaf, AK Sewell - European Journal of Immunology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of T‐cell receptor (TCR) repertoire diversity is highlighted in murine models
of immunodeficiency and in many human pathologies. However, the true extent of TCR …

Blood T‐cell receptor β chain transcriptome in multiple sclerosis. Characterization of the T cells with altered CDR3 length distribution

DA Laplaud, C Ruiz, S Wiertlewski, S Brouard… - Brain, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS associated with T
cells autoreactive for myelin components. In this study, we analysed the T‐cell receptor …

[HTML][HTML] The TCR repertoire reconstitution in multiple sclerosis: comparing one-shot and continuous immunosuppressive therapies

R Amoriello, V Greiff, A Aldinucci, E Bonechi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Natalizumab (NTZ) and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) are
two successful treatments for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), an autoimmune …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

A new clustering method identifies multiple sclerosis‐specific T‐cell receptors

F Hayashi, N Isobe, J Glanville… - Annals of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To characterize T‐cell receptors (TCRs) and identify target epitopes in multiple
sclerosis (MS). Methods Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were obtained from 39 MS …

[HTML][HTML] VDJtools: unifying post-analysis of T cell receptor repertoires

M Shugay, DV Bagaev, MA Turchaninova… - PLoS computational …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Despite the growing number of immune repertoire sequencing studies, the field still lacks
software for analysis and comprehension of this high-dimensional data. Here we report …

[HTML][HTML] A transcription factor map as revealed by a genome-wide gene expression analysis of whole-blood mRNA transcriptome in multiple sclerosis

C Riveros, D Mellor, KS Gandhi, FC McKay, MB Cox… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Several lines of evidence suggest that transcription factors are involved in the
pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) but complete mapping of the whole network has …

High‐throughput sequencing of immune repertoires in multiple sclerosis

A Lossius, JN Johansen, F Vartdal… - Annals of clinical and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
T cells and B cells are crucial in the initiation and maintenance of multiple sclerosis (MS),
and the activation of these cells is believed to be mediated through specific recognition of …