Probing the basis of disease heterogeneity in multiple sclerosis using genetically diverse mice

EA Holt, A Tyler, T Lakusta-Wong, KG Lahue… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease with significant heterogeneity in disease course
and progression. Genetic studies have identified numerous loci associated with MS risk, but …

Animal models of multiple sclerosis

P Smith - Current Protocols, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Animal models with high translational validity are essential tools in understanding disease
pathogenesis and in the development of therapeutic strategies. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an …

[HTML][HTML] Combined-cross analysis of genome-wide linkage scans for experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in rat

M Jagodic, T Olsson - Genomics, 2006 - Elsevier
Unbiased genetic analysis of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) can
provide insights into the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. To date five genome-wide scans …

Not all roads lead to the immune system: the genetic basis of multiple sclerosis severity

VG Jokubaitis, MP Campagna, O Ibrahim, J Stankovich… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Multiple sclerosis is a leading cause of neurological disability in adults. Heterogeneity in
multiple sclerosis clinical presentation has posed a major challenge for identifying genetic …

The role of gut microbiota in shaping the relapse-remitting and chronic-progressive forms of multiple sclerosis in mouse models

KAO Gandy, J Zhang, P Nagarkatti, M Nagarkatti - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Using a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS), experimental autoimmune encephalitis
(EAE), we evaluated the role of gut microbiota in modulating chronic-progressive (CP) …

Multiple sclerosis genomic map implicates peripheral immune cells and microglia in susceptibility

International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium*†… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and degenerative disease of the
central nervous system (CNS) that often presents in young adults. Over the past decade …

Ensemble machine learning identifies genetic loci associated with future worsening of disability in people with multiple sclerosis

V Fuh-Ngwa, Y Zhou, PE Melton, I van der Mei… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Limited studies have been conducted to identify and validate multiple sclerosis (MS) genetic
loci associated with disability progression. We aimed to identify MS genetic loci associated …

Fine-mapping resolves Eae23 into two QTLs and implicates ZEB1 as a candidate gene regulating experimental neuroinflammation in rat

P Stridh, M Thessen Hedreul, AD Beyeen… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background To elucidate mechanisms involved in multiple sclerosis (MS), we studied
genetic regulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in rats, assuming a …

[HTML][HTML] Profiling blood-based brain biomarkers and cytokines in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis model of multiple sclerosis using single-molecule array …

I Zahoor, S Mir, S Giri - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) remains a widely used pre-clinical
animal model to study multiple sclerosis (MS). Blood-based cytokines and CNS biomarkers …

Differential neuro-immune patterns in two clinically relevant murine models of multiple sclerosis

KD DiSano, MR Linzey, DB Royce, AR Pachner… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background The mechanisms driving multiple sclerosis (MS), the most common cause of
non-traumatic disability in young adults, remain unknown despite extensive research …