Symptomatic primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and elevated humoral immune
responses to EBV are associated with an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis …

Multiple sclerosis is one of the most common causes of chronic neurological disability
beginning in early to middle adult life. Multiple sclerosis is idiopathic in nature, yet …

Celiac disease is a common autoimmune disorder that has genetic, environmental, and
immunologic components. It is characterized by an immune response to ingested wheat …

CD8+ T‐cell deficiency is a feature of many chronic autoimmune diseases, including
multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren′ s …

Objective: To investigate the association between human herpesviruses and multiple
sclerosis (MS), as well as between measles virus and MS. Methods: The authors identified …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered a prototypic autoimmune disease of the central
nervous system (CNS). A complex genetic background with the HLA-DR15 haplotype as the …

Both genetic background and environmental factors, very probably viruses, appear to play a
role in the etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS). Lessons from viral experimental models …

MS is a chronic inflammatory and demyelinating disease of the CNS with as yet unknown
etiology. A hallmark of this disease is the occurrence of oligoclonal IgG antibodies in the …

Autoimmune gastritis and Helicobacter pylori–associated gastric atrophy develop through
similar mechanisms involving the proton pump H+, K+–adenosine triphosphatase as …

Not much is known about the initial events leading to the development of the central nervous
system (CNS)-specific autoimmune disorder Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Environmental factors …