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Memory B Cells Activate Brain-Homing, Autoreactive CD4+ T Cells in Multiple Sclerosis
30 Aug 2018
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that is caused by the interplay of genetic, particularly the HLA-DR15 haplotype, and environmental risk factors. How these etiologic factors contribute to generating an autoreactive CD4 + T cell repertoire is not clear. Here, we demonstrate that self-reactivity, defined as "autoproliferation" of peripheral Th1 cells, is elevated in patients carrying the HLA-DR15...
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