2015
Investigating the Antigen Specificity of Multiple Sclerosis Central Nervous System-Derived Immunoglobulins
Willis SN, Stathopoulos P, Chastre A, Compton SD, Hafler DA, O’Connor K. Investigating the Antigen Specificity of Multiple Sclerosis Central Nervous System-Derived Immunoglobulins. Frontiers In Immunology 2015, 6: 600. PMID: 26648933, PMCID: PMC4663633, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00600.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCentral nervous systemB cell responsesMultiple sclerosisB cellsCNS tissueCerebrospinal fluidAntigen specificityNervous systemCell responsesAntigen-driven B cell responsesImmune cell infiltrationMS central nervous systemTertiary lymphoid structuresResident B cellsAntigen-driven responseB cell clonesMS brainsLymphoid structuresCell infiltrationRecombinant human immunoglobulinNeurofilament lightCNS-derived cell linesCandidate antigensAntigen arraysDisease pathology
2009
Epstein–Barr virus infection is not a characteristic feature of multiple sclerosis brain
Willis SN, Stadelmann C, Rodig SJ, Caron T, Gattenloehner S, Mallozzi SS, Roughan JE, Almendinger SE, Blewett MM, Brück W, Hafler DA, O’Connor K. Epstein–Barr virus infection is not a characteristic feature of multiple sclerosis brain. Brain 2009, 132: 3318-3328. PMID: 19638446, PMCID: PMC2792367, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosis brainEpstein-Barr virus infectionEBV infectionWhite matter lesionsMultiple sclerosisCentral nervous systemMatter lesionsVirus infectionSecond cohortEBV infected cellsB cell infiltrationB cell aggregatesInflammatory demyelinating diseaseB-cell infiltratesReal-time polymerase chain reaction methodologyCNS immunopathologyCNS lymphomaDemyelinating diseaseCell infiltrateSitu hybridizationCell infiltrationLarge cohortBrain pathologyNervous systemPolymerase chain reaction methodology