Infectious causes of multiple sclerosis

DH Gilden - The Lancet Neurology, 2005 - thelancet.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a serious chronic neurological disorder in which demyelination
and inflammation occur in the white matter of the CNS. The findings of many epidemiological …

Varicella zoster virus and relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

J Sotelo, T Corona - Multiple Sclerosis International, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune‐mediated disorder; however, little is known about the
triggering factors of the abnormal immune response. Different viruses from the herpes family …

Altered natural killer cells' response to herpes virus infection in multiple sclerosis involves KIR2DL2 expression

R Rizzo, V Gentili, I Casetta, E Caselli… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The role of herpes viruses as potential triggers of multiple sclerosis (MS) is still debated.
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from MS patients and controls were treated with CpG …

Human herpesvirus 6 and the nervous system

JA Hill, N Venna - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 is a β-herpesvirus that infects most infants by 2 years
of age and persists in a variety of host cells after primary infection, with intermittent …

Evaluation of the implication of KIR2DL2 receptor in multiple sclerosis and herpesvirus susceptibility

NB Fredj, R Rizzo, D Bortolotti, F Nefzi, S Chebel… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
To evaluate the possible effect of cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) on viral infection
in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, we performed genotyping of KIR2DL2 and his HLA-C1 …

[引用][C] Varicella Zoster Virus and Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

S Julio, C Teresa - Multiple Sclerosis International - Hindawi Publishing Corporation