Capture, crawl, cross: the T cell code to breach the blood–brain barriers

B Engelhardt, RM Ransohoff - Trends in immunology, 2012 - cell.com
The central nervous system (CNS) is an immunologically privileged site to which access of
circulating immune cells is tightly controlled by the endothelial blood–brain barrier (BBB; see …

The choroid plexus: a missing link in our understanding of brain development and function

NR Saunders, KM Dziegielewska… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Studies of the choroid plexus lag behind those of the more widely known blood-brain barrier,
despite a much longer history. This review has two overall aims. The first is to outline long …

Clonally expanded CD8 T cells characterize amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-4

L Campisi, S Chizari, JSY Ho, A Gromova, FJ Arnold… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a heterogenous neurodegenerative disorder that
affects motor neurons and voluntary muscle control. ALS heterogeneity includes the age of …

T‐cell trafficking in the central nervous system

F Sallusto, D Impellizzieri, C Basso… - Immunological …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
To perform their distinct effector functions, pathogen‐specific T cells have to migrate to target
tissue where they recognize antigens and produce cytokines that elicit appropriate types of …

Dimethyl fumarate selectively reduces memory T cells in multiple sclerosis patients

EE Longbrake, MJ Ramsbottom… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) alters the phenotype of circulating immune cells and
causes lymphopenia in a subpopulation of treated multiple sclerosis (MS) patients …

Dimethyl fumarate-associated lymphopenia: risk factors and clinical significance

EE Longbrake, RT Naismith, BJ Parks… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Dimethyl fumarate (DMF), a disease-modifying therapy for multiple sclerosis
(MS), causes lymphopenia in a fraction of patients. The clinical significance of this is …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell omics in dissecting immune microenvironment of malignant gliomas—challenges and perspectives

B Kaminska, N Ochocka, P Segit - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Single-cell technologies allow precise identification of tumor composition at the single-cell
level, providing high-resolution insights into the intratumoral heterogeneity and …

Neurons as targets for T cells in the nervous system

RS Liblau, D Gonzalez-Dunia, H Wiendl, F Zipp - Trends in neurosciences, 2013 - cell.com
Accumulating evidence shows that T cells penetrate the central nervous system (CNS)
parenchyma in several autoimmune, infectious, and degenerative neurological diseases …

Persistent enteric murine norovirus infection is associated with functionally suboptimal virus-specific CD8 T cell responses

VT Tomov, LC Osborne, DV Dolfi… - Journal of …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Norovirus (NV) gastroenteritis is a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality, yet
little is known about immune mechanisms leading to NV control. Previous studies using the …

[HTML][HTML] HIV latency in myeloid cells: challenges for a cure

A Chitrakar, M Sanz, SB Maggirwar, N Soriano-Sarabia - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) treatment
has been highly successful in controlling plasma viremia to undetectable levels. However, a …