2018
Enhanced astrocyte responses are driven by a genetic risk allele associated with multiple sclerosis
Ponath G, Lincoln MR, Levine-Ritterman M, Park C, Dahlawi S, Mubarak M, Sumida T, Airas L, Zhang S, Isitan C, Nguyen TD, Raine CS, Hafler DA, Pitt D. Enhanced astrocyte responses are driven by a genetic risk allele associated with multiple sclerosis. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 5337. PMID: 30559390, PMCID: PMC6297228, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07785-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisAstrocyte responseRisk variantsLocal autoimmune inflammationPeripheral immune cellsCentral nervous system cellsPeripheral immune systemCultured human astrocytesNervous system cellsNF-κB signalingCNS accessDysfunctional lymphocytesAstroglial functionAutoimmune inflammationLymphocytic infiltrateLymphocyte recruitmentImmune cellsGenetic risk allelesGenetic risk variantsMS lesionsMS susceptibilityHuman astrocytesLesion sizeImmune systemSystem cells
2007
Promotion of Tissue Inflammation by the Immune Receptor Tim-3 Expressed on Innate Immune Cells
Anderson AC, Anderson DE, Bregoli L, Hastings WD, Kassam N, Lei C, Chandwaskar R, Karman J, Su EW, Hirashima M, Bruce JN, Kane LP, Kuchroo VK, Hafler DA. Promotion of Tissue Inflammation by the Immune Receptor Tim-3 Expressed on Innate Immune Cells. Science 2007, 318: 1141-1143. PMID: 18006747, DOI: 10.1126/science.1148536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAstrocytesCD11b AntigenCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsDendritic CellsEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalGalectinsGlioblastomaHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2HumansImmunity, InnateInflammation MediatorsLipopolysaccharidesMacrophagesMembrane ProteinsMiceMicrogliaMultiple SclerosisRatsReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, VirusSignal TransductionTh1 CellsT-LymphocytesToll-Like ReceptorsConceptsImmune receptor Tim-3Tim-3Immune cellsT helper 1 cellsAdaptive immune cellsInnate immune cellsToll-like receptorsInduced Immune ResponsesInnate immune systemTh1 immunityDendritic cellsTissue inflammationInflammatory conditionsT cellsImmune responseImmune systemImportant mediatorAntibody agonistsInflammationCell typesLatter findingNumerous pathwaysCellsDifferential expressionCD4Protective and therapeutic role for αB-crystallin in autoimmune demyelination
Ousman SS, Tomooka BH, van Noort JM, Wawrousek EF, O’Conner K, Hafler DA, Sobel RA, Robinson WH, Steinman L. Protective and therapeutic role for αB-crystallin in autoimmune demyelination. Nature 2007, 448: 474-479. PMID: 17568699, DOI: 10.1038/nature05935.Peer-Reviewed Original Research