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CD8+ T cells specific for cryptic apoptosis-associated epitopes exacerbate experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
Cell death & disease - 29 Oct 2021
Feizi Neda, Focaccetti Chiara, Pacella Ilenia, Tucci Gloria, Rossi Alessandra, Costanza Massimo, Pedotti Rosetta, Sidney John, Sette Alessandro, La Rocca Claudia, Procaccini Claudio, Matarese Giuseppe, Barnaba Vincenzo, Piconese Silvia
Abstract excerpt
The autoimmune immunopathology occurring in multiple sclerosis (MS) is sustained by myelin-specific and -nonspecific CD8+ T cells. We have previously shown that, in MS, activated T cells undergoing apoptosis induce a CD8+ T cell response directed against antigens that are unveiled during the apoptotic process, namely caspase-cleaved structural proteins such as non-muscle myosin and vimentin. Here, we have...
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