Article
A complex role of herpes viruses in the disease process of multiple sclerosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wuest Simone C, Mexhitaj Ina, Chai Noo Ri, Romm Elena, Scheffel Joerg, Xu Biying, Lane Kelly, Wu Tianxia, Bielekova Bibiana
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). Neither the antigenic target(s) nor the cell population(s) responsible for CNS tissue destruction in MS have been fully defined. The objective of this study was to simultaneously determine the antigen (Ag)-specificity and phenotype of un-manipulated intrathecal CD4+ and CD8+ T cells of patients with relapsing-remitting...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
- Antigens, Viral
- Autoantigens
- Case-Control Studies
- Daclizumab
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
- Female
- Herpesviridae
- Herpesviridae Infections
