2009
IL2RA Genetic Heterogeneity in Multiple Sclerosis and Type 1 Diabetes Susceptibility and Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor Production
Maier LM, Lowe CE, Cooper J, Downes K, Anderson DE, Severson C, Clark PM, Healy B, Walker N, Aubin C, Oksenberg JR, Hauser SL, Compston A, Sawcer S, , De Jager PL, Wicker LS, Todd JA, Hafler DA. IL2RA Genetic Heterogeneity in Multiple Sclerosis and Type 1 Diabetes Susceptibility and Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor Production. PLOS Genetics 2009, 5: e1000322. PMID: 19119414, PMCID: PMC2602853, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisT1D subjectsSoluble interleukin-2 receptor productionSoluble interleukin-2 receptorOrgan-specific autoimmune disordersHealthy control subjectsInterleukin-2 receptorType 1 diabetesHuman leukocyte antigen (HLA) complexMS risk genesAutoimmune disordersControl subjectsAutoimmunity riskHealthy controlsIL2RA regionType 1Autoimmune lociRisk allelesReceptor productionCandidate gene association studiesAntigen complexGene association studiesAssociation studiesT1D.Sclerosis
1989
Inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid t cells have activation requirements characteristic of cd4+cd45ra‐ t cells
Chofflon M, González V, Weiner H, Hafler D. Inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid t cells have activation requirements characteristic of cd4+cd45ra‐ t cells. European Journal Of Immunology 1989, 19: 1791-1795. PMID: 2479560, DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830191005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCSF T cellsPhorbol myristate acetateMononuclear cellsCSF mononuclear cellsT cellsCerebrospinal fluidCerebrospinal fluid T cellsCSF of subjectsProtein kinase CCD3/T cell receptor complexInflammatory brain diseasesBlood mononuclear cellsT cell populationsSorted T cellsInterleukin-2 receptorInterleukin-2 secretionCD2 activation pathwayT cell receptor complexKinase CInflammatory compartmentMultiple sclerosisCNS diseaseCell receptor complexImmune responseNormal subjects
1985
In Vivo Activated T Lymphocytes in the Peripheral Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Hafler D, Fox D, Manning M, Schlossman S, Reinherz E, Weiner H. In Vivo Activated T Lymphocytes in the Peripheral Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. New England Journal Of Medicine 1985, 312: 1405-1411. PMID: 2985995, DOI: 10.1056/nejm198505303122201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgressive multiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosisInterleukin-2 receptorNervous system diseasesNeurologic diseaseSpinal fluidPeripheral bloodSystem diseasesCerebrospinal fluidInflammatory central nervous system diseasesCentral nervous system diseaseSystemic immune activationInflammatory neurologic diseasesPeripheral blood lymphocytesBlood of patientsActivated T lymphocytesAbnormal immunologic activityCent of lymphocytesCent of cellsT cell activationImmune activationT cellsT lymphocytesImmunologic activityNormal controls