[HTML][HTML] AT cell suppressive circuitry mediated by CD39 and regulated by ShcC/Rai is induced in astrocytes by encephalitogenic T cells

C Ulivieri, D De Tommaso, F Finetti, B Ortensi… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease caused by autoreactive immune cell infiltration
into the central nervous system leading to inflammation, demyelination, and neuronal loss …

The adaptor protein Rai/ShcC promotes astrocyte-dependent inflammation during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

C Ulivieri, MT Savino, I Luccarini… - The Journal of …, 2016 - journals.aai.org
Th17 cells have been casually associated to the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease. We
have previously demonstrated that Rai/ShcC, a member of the Shc family of adaptor …

SIRT1 inactivation switches reactive astrocytes to an antiinflammatory phenotype in CNS autoimmunity

W Zhang, D Xiao, X Li, Y Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Astrocytes are highly heterogeneous in their phenotype and function, which contributes to
CNS disease, repair, and aging; however, the molecular mechanism of their functional …

Astrocytes in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: Star-shaped cells illuminating the darkness of CNS autoimmunity

W Yi, D Schlueter, X Wang - Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuropathology in the human autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered to
be mediated by autoreactive leukocytes, such as T cells, B cells, and macrophages …

Differential proteomic analysis of astrocytes and astrocytes-derived extracellular vesicles from control and rai knockout mice: insights into the mechanisms of …

T Montecchi, E Shaba, D De Tommaso… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Reactive astrocytes are a hallmark of neurodegenerative disease including multiple
sclerosis. It is widely accepted that astrocytes may adopt alternative phenotypes depending …

[HTML][HTML] Astrocytes and inflammatory T helper cells: a dangerous liaison in multiple sclerosis

M Kunkl, C Amormino, V Tedeschi, MT Fiorillo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative autoimmune disorder of the central nervous
system (CNS) characterized by the recruitment of self-reactive T lymphocytes, mainly …

Control of autoimmune CNS inflammation by astrocytes

V Rothhammer, FJ Quintana - Seminars in immunopathology, 2015 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis is a neurologic disease caused by immune cell infiltration into the central
nervous system, resulting in gray and white matter inflammation, progressive demyelination …

Astrocytes protect the CNS: antigen-specific T helper cell responses are inhibited by astrocyte-induced upregulation of CTLA-4 (CD152)

U Gimsa, A Øren, P Pandiyan, D Teichmann… - Journal of Molecular …, 2004 - Springer
Astrocytes are the first cells that are encountered by T cells invading the central nervous
system (CNS) by crossing the blood-brain barrier. We show that primary astrocytes …

Central nervous system‐infiltrated immune cells induce calcium increase in astrocytes via astroglial purinergic signaling

DD Bijelić, KD Milićević, MN Lazarević… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Interaction between autoreactive immune cells and astroglia is an important part of the
pathologic processes that fuel neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis. In this inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Immune privilege as an intrinsic CNS property: astrocytes protect the CNS against T-cell-mediated neuroinflammation

U Gimsa, NA Mitchison… - Mediators of …, 2013 - hindawi.com
Astrocytes have many functions in the central nervous system (CNS). They support
differentiation and homeostasis of neurons and influence synaptic activity. They are …