Article
CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells make discrete contributions to demyelination and neurologic disease in a viral model of multiple sclerosis.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 1998
Murray P D, Pavelko K D, Leibowitz J, Lin X, Rodriguez M
Abstract excerpt
Following intracerebral infection with Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV), susceptible strains of mice (SJL and PLJ) develop virus persistence and demyelination similar to that found in human multiple sclerosis. Resistant strains of mice (C57BL/6) clear virus and do not develop demye...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral
- Antigens, Viral
- Brain
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Causality
- Demyelinating Diseases
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Genotype
- Hypersensitivity, Delayed
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Poliomyelitis
- Theilovirus
