Immunological aspects of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis

R Martin, HF McFarland, JM Boggs - Critical reviews in clinical …, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most frequent, demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system (CNS) in Northern Europeans and North Americans. Despite intensive research its …

Current evidence for a role of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism in multiple sclerosis

MD Lovelace, B Varney, G Sundaram… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The kynurenine pathway (KP) is the major metabolic pathway of the essential amino acid
tryptophan (TRP). Stimulation by inflammatory molecules, such as interferon-γ (IFN-γ), is the …

Isolation and direct characterization of resident microglial cells from the normal and inflamed central nervous system.

JD Sedgwick, S Schwender, H Imrich, R Dörries… - Proceedings of the …, 1991 - pnas.org
In addition to the major population of infiltrating leukocytes recovered from inflamed rat
central nervous system (CNS), all of which expressed high levels of leukocyte common …

Functional and pathogenic differences of Th1 and Th17 cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

HS Domingues, M Mues, H Lassmann, H Wekerle… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background There is consensus that experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)
can be mediated by myelin specific T cells of Th1 as well as of Th17 phenotype, but the …

Involvement of the choroid plexus in central nervous system inflammation

B Engelhardt, K Wolburg‐Buchholz… - Microscopy research …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
During inflammatory conditions in the central nervous system (CNS), immune cells
immigrate into the CNS and can be detected in the CNS parenchyma and in the …

Less Mortality but More Relapses in Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis in CD8-/- Mice

DR Koh, WP Fung-Leung, A Ho, D Gray, H Acha-Orbea… - Science, 1992 - science.org
Mice lacking in CD8 were generated from homologous recombination in embryonal stem
cells at the CD8 locus and bred with the experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) …

Endothelial cells and macrophages as allies in the healthy and diseased brain

A Denes, CE Hansen, U Oezorhan, S Figuerola… - Acta …, 2024 - Springer
Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are often associated with vascular
disturbances or inflammation and frequently both. Consequently, endothelial cells and …

Innate and adaptive immune responses of the central nervous system

SL Bailey, PA Carpentier, EJ McMahon… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2006 - dl.begellhouse.com
The central nervous system (CNS) is an immunologically specialized organ. The blood-brain
barrier regulates the passage of molecules and cells into the CNS. Robust immune …

Lymphocyte targeting of the central nervous system: a review of afferent and efferent CNS‐immune pathways

RO Weller, B Engelhardt, MJ Phillips - Brain pathology, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The central nervous system (CNS) is considered to be an immunological privileged site.
However, inflammatory reactions in response to virus infections, in multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Neurofibromatosis-1 heterozygosity increases microglia in a spatially and temporally restricted pattern relevant to mouse optic glioma formation and growth

GW Simmons, WW Pong, RJ Emnett… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Whereas carcinogenesis requires the acquisition of driver mutations in progenitor cells,
tumor growth and progression are heavily influenced by the local microenvironment …