Epstein–Barr virus and multiple sclerosis

SS Soldan, PM Lieberman - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human lymphotropic herpesvirus with a well-
established causal role in several cancers. Recent studies have provided compelling …

The impact of the gut microbiome on extra-intestinal autoimmune diseases

E Miyauchi, C Shimokawa, A Steimle… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The prevalence of autoimmune diseases (ADs) worldwide has rapidly increased over the
past few decades. Thus, in addition to the classical risk factors for ADs, such as genetic …

Longitudinal analysis reveals high prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus associated with multiple sclerosis

K Bjornevik, M Cortese, BC Healy, J Kuhle, MJ Mina… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system of unknown etiology. We tested the hypothesis that MS is caused by Epstein …

Clonally expanded B cells in multiple sclerosis bind EBV EBNA1 and GlialCAM

TV Lanz, RC Brewer, PP Ho, JS Moon, KM Jude… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a heterogenous autoimmune disease in which autoreactive
lymphocytes attack the myelin sheath of the central nervous system. B lymphocytes in the …

SYK coordinates neuroprotective microglial responses in neurodegenerative disease

H Ennerfelt, EL Frost, DA Shapiro, C Holliday… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Recent studies have begun to reveal critical roles for the brain's professional phagocytes,
microglia, and their receptors in the control of neurotoxic amyloid beta (Aβ) and myelin …

Human microglial state dynamics in Alzheimer's disease progression

N Sun, MB Victor, YP Park, X Xiong, AN Scannail… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Altered microglial states affect neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and disease but
remain poorly understood. Here, we report 194,000 single-nucleus microglial transcriptomes …

B cell depletion therapies in autoimmune disease: advances and mechanistic insights

DSW Lee, OL Rojas, JL Gommerman - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2021 - nature.com
In the past 15 years, B cells have been rediscovered to be not merely bystanders but rather
active participants in autoimmune aetiology. This has been fuelled in part by the clinical …

The immune response in multiple sclerosis

S Rodríguez Murúa, MF Farez… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune, inflammatory, and neurodegenerative
disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). MS is characterized by immune …

Complex genetic signatures in immune cells underlie autoimmunity and inform therapy

V Orrù, M Steri, C Sidore, M Marongiu, V Serra, S Olla… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
We report on the influence of~ 22 million variants on 731 immune cell traits in a cohort of
3,757 Sardinians. We detected 122 significant (P< 1.28× 10− 11) independent association …

Genetic variants associated with longitudinal changes in brain structure across the lifespan

RM Brouwer, M Klein, KL Grasby, HG Schnack… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Human brain structure changes throughout the lifespan. Altered brain growth or rates of
decline are implicated in a vast range of psychiatric, developmental and neurodegenerative …