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Cumulative Roles for Epstein-Barr Virus, Human Endogenous Retroviruses, and Human Herpes Virus-6 in Driving an Inflammatory Cascade Underlying MS Pathogenesis.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2021
Meier Ute-Christiane, Cipian Richard Christopher, Karimi Abbas, Ramasamy Ranjan, Middeldorp Jaap Michiel
Abstract excerpt
Roles for viral infections and aberrant immune responses in driving localized neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS) are the focus of intense research. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), as a persistent and frequently reactivating virus with major immunogenic influences and a near 100% epidemiological association with MS, is considered to play a leading role in MS pathogenesis, triggering...
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