Article
The compartmentalized inflammatory response in the multiple sclerosis brain is composed of tissue-resident CD8+ T lymphocytes and B cells.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jul 2018
Machado-Santos Joana, Saji Etsuji, Tröscher Anna R, Paunovic Manuela, Liblau Roland, Gabriely Galina, Bien Christian G, Bauer Jan, Lassmann Hans
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory demyelinating disease in which active demyelination and neurodegeneration are associated with lymphocyte infiltrates in the brain. However, so far little is known regarding the phenotype and function of these infiltrating lymphocyte populations. In this study, we performed an in-depth phenotypic characterization of T and B cell infiltrates in a large set of multiple sclerosis...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- B-Lymphocytes
- Brain
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Demyelinating Diseases
- Encephalitis
- Female
- Humans
