[HTML][HTML] Systemic inflammation and the brain: novel roles of genetic, molecular, and environmental cues as drivers of neurodegeneration

R Sankowski, S Mader… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The nervous and immune systems have evolved in parallel from the early bilaterians, in
which innate immunity and a central nervous system (CNS) coexisted for the first time, to …

[HTML][HTML] Memory B cells in multiple sclerosis: emerging players in disease pathogenesis

KD DiSano, F Gilli, AR Pachner - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system. Once thought to be primarily driven by T cells, B cells are emerging as central …

Autoantibodies against central nervous system antigens in a subset of B cell–dominant multiple sclerosis patients

S Kuerten, TV Lanz, N Lingampalli… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system
(CNS), with characteristic inflammatory lesions and demyelination. The clinical benefit of cell …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial Intelligence-Based Counting Algorithm Enables Accurate and Detailed Analysis of the Broad Spectrum of Spot Morphologies Observed in Antigen …

AY Karulin, M Katona, Z Megyesi… - Handbook of ELISPOT …, 2024 - Springer
Antigen-specific B-cell ELISPOT and multicolor FluoroSpot assays, in which the membrane-
bound antigen itself serves as the capture reagent for the antibodies that B cells secrete …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring Memory B Cells by Next-Generation ImmunoSpot® Provides Insights into Humoral Immunity that Measurements of Circulating Antibodies Do Not …

PV Lehmann, Z Liu, N Becza, AV Valente… - Handbook of ELISPOT …, 2024 - Springer
Memory B cells (Bmem) provide the second wall of adaptive humoral host defense upon
specific antigen rechallenge when the first wall, consisting of preformed antibodies …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of glatiramer acetate on B cell-mediated pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

S Kuerten, LJ Jackson, J Kaye, TL Vollmer - CNS drugs, 2018 - Springer
Growing evidence indicates that B cells play a key role in the pathogenesis of multiple
sclerosis (MS). B cells occupy distinct central nervous system (CNS) compartments in MS …

[HTML][HTML] Affinity tag coating enables reliable detection of antigen-specific B cells in Immunospot assays

S Köppert, C Wolf, N Becza, GA Sautto, F Franke… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Assessment of humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious agents is typically
restricted to detecting antigen-specific antibodies in the serum. Rarely does immune …

[HTML][HTML] B cells and B cell blasts withstand cryopreservation while retaining their functionality for producing antibody

P Fecher, R Caspell, V Naeem, AY Karulin, S Kuerten… - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
In individuals who have once developed humoral immunity to an infectious/foreign antigen,
the antibodies present in their body can mediate instant protection when the antigen re …

[HTML][HTML] Differential effects of FTY720 on the B cell compartment in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis

K Bail, Q Notz, DM Rovituso, A Schampel… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background MP4-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a mouse
model of multiple sclerosis (MS), which enables targeted research on B cells, currently much …

Neuron-binding antibody responses are associated with Black ethnicity in multiple sclerosis during natalizumab treatment

KM Telesford, C Smith, M Mettlen, MB Davis… - Brain …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory degenerative condition of the central nervous system
that may result in debilitating disability. Several studies over the past twenty years suggest …