B cells from relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis patients support neuro-antigen-specific Th17 responses

SJ Ireland, AA Guzman, EM Frohman… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
B cells are highly potent antigen presenting cells of their cognate antigens. However, it
remains unknown whether B cells can orchestrate Th17-mediated responses against neuro …

[HTML][HTML] Role of TFH cells in promoting T helper 17-induced neuroinflammation

JL Quinn, G Kumar, A Agasing, RM Ko… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Both T cells and B cells are implicated in the pathology of multiple sclerosis (MS), but how
these cells cooperate to drive disease remains unclear. Recent studies using experimental …

Preferential recruitment of interferon‐γ–expressing TH17 cells in multiple sclerosis

H Kebir, I Ifergan, JI Alvarez, M Bernard… - Annals of Neurology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective There is substantial evidence supporting the role of interferon (IFN)‐γ–producing T
helper (TH) 1 and interleukin (IL)‐17–expressing TH17 lymphocytes in multiple sclerosis …

B cells promote induction of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by facilitating reactivation of T cells in the central nervous system

ER Pierson, IM Stromnes… - The Journal of …, 2014 - journals.aai.org
The efficacy of rituximab treatment in multiple sclerosis has renewed interest in the role of B
cells in CNS autoimmunity. In this study, we show that B cells are the predominant MHC …

B cells from patients with multiple sclerosis have a pathogenic phenotype and increased LTα and TGFβ1 response

O McWilliam, F Sellebjerg, HV Marquart… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The contribution of B cells to the pathogenesis of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
(RRMS) is currently of great interest due to the positive outcomes of treatment with B cell …

Memory CD4+ CD127high T cells from patients with multiple sclerosis produce IL-17 in response to myelin antigens

K Venken, N Hellings, K Hensen, JL Rummens… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Myelin-reactive T helper-17 cells are implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis
(MS). Here, we analyzed the reactivity of peripheral naive and memory conventional CD4+ …

Phenotypical and functional characterization of T helper 17 cells in multiple sclerosis

V Brucklacher-Waldert, K Stuerner, M Kolster… - Brain, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Multiple sclerosis is a T cell-mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous system.
Interleukin-17-producing T helper cells, named Th17 cells, represent a novel CD4+ T cell …

T-bet promotes the accumulation of encephalitogenic Th17 cells in the CNS

HM Grifka-Walk, BM Segal - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2017 - Elsevier
T-bet enhances the encephalitogenicity of myelin-reactive CD4+ T cells, however its
mechanism of action is unknown. In this study we show that T-bet confers a competitive …

The action of TH17 cells on blood brain barrier in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

R Balasa, L Barcutean, A Balasa, A Motataianu… - Human immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
Th17 cells, known as a highly pro-inflammatory subtype of Th cells, are involved very early
in numerous aspects of multiple sclerosis (MS) and experimental autoimmune …

Oligoclonal myelin-reactive T-cell infiltrates derived from multiple sclerosis lesions are enriched in Th17 cells

M Montes, X Zhang, L Berthelot, DA Laplaud… - Clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this study, acute and chronic brain and spinal cord lesions, and normal appearing white
matter (NAWM), were resected post-mortem from a patient with aggressive relapsing …