Cholinergic control of Th17 cell pathogenicity in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
Nechanitzky R, Nechanitzky D, Ramachandran P, Duncan G, Zheng C, Göbl C, Gill K, Haight J, Wakeham A, Snow B, Bradaschia-Correa V, Ganguly M, Lu Z, Saunders M, Flavell R, Mak T. Cholinergic control of Th17 cell pathogenicity in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Cell Death & Differentiation 2022, 30: 407-416. PMID: 36528755, PMCID: PMC9950465, DOI: 10.1038/s41418-022-01092-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisTh17 cellsMultiple sclerosisAutoimmune encephalomyelitisChAT expressionBrain-infiltrating immune cellsStrong TCR signalingCholinergic controlTherapeutic immunomodulationCholine acetyltransferaseImmune cellsCell pathogenicityDisease progressionChronic activationMouse modelTranscription factor Bhlhe40Novel targetAcetylcholineMRNA levelsPathogenic determinantsTCR signalingEncephalomyelitisCellsExpressionIL17