Distribution of lymphocyte subsets and natural killer cells in the human body

J Westermann, R Pabst - The clinical investigator, 1992 - Springer
The frequency and distribution of B and T lymphocyte subsets have been determined in
many body tissues and fluids by preparing cell suspensions and tissue sections from …

Lymphocyte subsets in the blood: a diagnostic window on the lymphoid system?

J Westermann, R Pabst - Immunology today, 1990 - cell.com
Lymphocytes continuously enter and exit lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs using the
blood as a traffic route (reviewed in Refs 1, 2). The determination of lymphocyte subsets in …

Human cerebrospinal fluid central memory CD4+ T cells: Evidence for trafficking through choroid plexus and meninges via P-selectin

P Kivisäkk, DJ Mahad, MK Callahan… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from healthy individuals contains between 1,000 and 3,000
leukocytes per ml. Little is known about trafficking patterns of leukocytes between the …

Clonal expansion and somatic hypermutation of V (H) genes of B cells from cerebrospinal fluid in multiple sclerosis.

Y Qin, P Duquette, Y Zhang, P Talbot… - The Journal of …, 1998 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients is characterized by
increased concentrations of immunoglobulin (Ig), which on electrophoretic analysis shows …

Antibodies to CD44 and integrin α4, but not L-selectin, prevent central nervous system inflammation and experimental encephalomyelitis by blocking secondary …

S Brocke, C Piercy, L Steinman… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
The role of various adhesion molecules in lymphocyte homing to the brain and in
inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) was examined in …

Control of established experimental allergic encephalomyelitis by inhibition of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) activity within the central nervous system using monoclonal …

D Baker, D Butler, BJ Scallon, JK O'Neill… - European journal of …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) activity was inhibited during the development of actively‐
induced, chronic relapsing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (CREAE) in Biozzi AB/H …

Limited heterogeneity of rearranged T-cell receptor Vα transcripts in brains of multiple sclerosis patients

JR Oksenberg, S Stuart, AB Begovich, RB Bell… - Nature, 1990 - nature.com
THE identification of activated? cells in the brain of individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS)
indicates that these cells are critical in the pathogenesis of this disease. In an attempt to …

High dose steroids in acute relapses of multiple sclerosis: MRI evidence for a possible mechanism of therapeutic effect.

DH Miller, AJ Thompson, SP Morrissey… - Journal of Neurology …, 1992 - jnnp.bmj.com
The integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in multiple sclerosis (MS) was monitored by
serial gadolinium-(Gd)-DTPA enhanced MRI during and after the treatment of acute relapses …

MS: a CNS and systematic autoimmune disease

DA Hafler, HL Weiner - Immunology today, 1989 - cell.com
Mu~ e sderosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease which exclusively affects the white matter of
the central nervous system (CNS). Although there is a localized immune response within the …

T‐cell reactivity to multiple myelin antigens in multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls

N Hellings, M Barée, C Verhoeven… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Myelin proteins, including myelin basic protein (MBP), proteolipid protein (PLP) and myelin
oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are candidate autoantigens in MS. It is not clear …