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Thymic Atrophy and Apoptosis of CD4+CD8+ Thymocytes in the Cuprizone Model of Multiple Sclerosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Solti Izabella, Kvell Krisztian, Talaber Gergely, Veto Sara, Acs Peter, Gallyas Ferenc, Illes Zsolt, Fekete Katalin, Zalan Petra, Szanto Arpad, Bognar Zita
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies on the degenerative animal model of multiple sclerosis suggested that the copper-chelator cuprizone might directly suppress T-cell functions. Peripheral T-cell function in the cuprizone model has already been explored; therefore, in the present study, we investigated, for the first time, how cuprizone feeding affects the thymus, the organ of T-cell maturation and selection. We found that even one...
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