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Deletion of both the C3a and C5a receptors fails to protect against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
Neuroscience letters - 31 Dec 2009
Ramos Theresa N, Wohler Jillian E, Barnum Scott R
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which inflammation, leukocyte infiltration, and ultimately, demyelination occur as a result of innate and adaptive immune-mediated mechanisms. The pathophysiological role of the complement system, a major component of innate immunity, in the development and progression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the animal model for MS has been...
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