The immunology of multiple sclerosis

KE Attfield, LT Jensen, M Kaufmann… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Our incomplete understanding of the causes and pathways involved in the onset and
progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) limits our ability to effectively treat this complex …

Epstein–Barr virus as a leading cause of multiple sclerosis: mechanisms and implications

K Bjornevik, C Münz, JI Cohen, A Ascherio - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
Epidemiological studies have provided compelling evidence that multiple sclerosis (MS) is a
rare complication of infection with the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), a herpesvirus that infects …

Transfer learning enables predictions in network biology

CV Theodoris, L Xiao, A Chopra, MD Chaffin… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Mapping gene networks requires large amounts of transcriptomic data to learn the
connections between genes, which impedes discoveries in settings with limited data …

CRISPR–Cas9-mediated gene editing of the BCL11A enhancer for pediatric β00 transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia

B Fu, J Liao, S Chen, W Li, Q Wang, J Hu, F Yang… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Gene editing to disrupt the GATA1-binding site at the+ 58 BCL11A erythroid enhancer could
induce γ-globin expression, which is a promising therapeutic strategy to alleviate β …

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: deciphering brain complexity in health and disease

M Piwecka, N Rajewsky, A Rybak-Wolf - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
In the past decade, single-cell technologies have proliferated and improved from their
technically challenging beginnings to become common laboratory methods capable of …

Brain borders at the central stage of neuroimmunology

J Rustenhoven, J Kipnis - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The concept of immune privilege suggests that the central nervous system is isolated from
the immune system. However, recent studies have highlighted the borders of the central …

[HTML][HTML] Stem-like intestinal Th17 cells give rise to pathogenic effector T cells during autoimmunity

A Schnell, L Huang, M Singer, A Singaraju, RM Barilla… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
While intestinal Th17 cells are critical for maintaining tissue homeostasis, recent studies
have implicated their roles in the development of extra-intestinal autoimmune diseases …

B cells in multiple sclerosis—from targeted depletion to immune reconstitution therapies

MT Cencioni, M Mattoscio, R Magliozzi… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Increasing evidence indicates the involvement of B cells in the pathogenesis of multiple
sclerosis (MS), but their precise roles are unclear. In this Review, we provide an overview of …

Macrophage phenotypes in tissue repair and the foreign body response: Implications for biomaterial-based regenerative medicine strategies

KE Martin, AJ García - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Macrophages are a highly heterogeneous and plastic population of cells that are crucial for
tissue repair and regeneration. This has made macrophages a particularly attractive target …

Confronting false discoveries in single-cell differential expression

JW Squair, M Gautier, C Kathe, MA Anderson… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Differential expression analysis in single-cell transcriptomics enables the dissection of cell-
type-specific responses to perturbations such as disease, trauma, or experimental …