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Enhanced sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 2 expression underlies female CNS autoimmunity susceptibility.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jun 2014
Cruz-Orengo Lillian, Daniels Brian P, Dorsey Denise, Basak Sarah Alison, Grajales-Reyes José G, McCandless Erin E, Piccio Laura, Schmidt Robert E, Cross Anne H, Crosby Seth D, Klein Robyn S
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of the CNS that is characterized by BBB dysfunction and has a much higher incidence in females. Compared with other strains of mice, EAE in the SJL mouse strain models multiple features of MS, including an enhanced sensitivity of female mice to disease; however, the molecular mechanisms that underlie the sex- and strain-dependent differences in disease...
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