How does the immune system enter the brain?

JA Mapunda, H Tibar, W Regragui… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is considered the most frequent inflammatory demyelinating disease
of the central nervous system (CNS). It occurs with a variable prevalence across the world. A …

Brain regulatory T cells

A Liston, E Pasciuto, DC Fitzgerald… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The brain, long thought to be isolated from the peripheral immune system, is increasingly
recognized to be integrated into a systemic immunological network. These conduits of …

Integrin α3 promotes TH17 cell polarization and extravasation during autoimmune neuroinflammation

E Park, WE Barclay, A Barrera, TC Liao… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS)
caused by CNS-infiltrating leukocytes, including TH17 cells that are critical mediators of …

A comprehensive exploration of the transcriptomic landscape in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review

L Chiricosta, S Blando, S D'Angiolini… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is, to date, an incurable disease of the nervous system characterized
by demyelination. Several genetic mutations are associated with the disease but they are …

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 …

Dissecting the human leptomeninges at single-cell resolution

NA Kearns, A Iatrou, DJ Flood, S De Tissera… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Emerging evidence shows that the meninges conduct essential immune surveillance and
immune defense at the brain border, and the dysfunction of meningeal immunity contributes …

Multiple sclerosis CSF is enriched with follicular T cells displaying a Th1/Eomes signature

J Morille, M Mandon, S Rodriguez… - Neurology …, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Tertiary lymphoid structures and aggregates are reported in the
meninges of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), especially at the progressive stage, and …

Maladaptive T-Cell Metabolic Fitness in Autoimmune Diseases

IR Antony, BHS Wong, D Kelleher, NK Verma - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Immune surveillance and adaptive immune responses, involving continuously circulating
and tissue-resident T-lymphocytes, provide host defense against infectious agents and …

Dysregulated lipid metabolism networks modulate T-cell function in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

L Martin-Gutierrez, KE Waddington… - Clinical and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Altered cholesterol, oxysterol, sphingolipid, and fatty acid concentrations are reported in
blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and brain tissue of people with relapsing-remitting multiple …

CD4+ Trm sustain the chronic phase of auto-immune neuroinflammatory disease

A Pignata, D Frieser, CC Hsiao, HJ Engelenburg… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Therapeutic options against multiple sclerosis (MS) preventing T cell migration to the central
nervous system (CNS) have remarkable clinical effects against the relapsing-remitting …