Increased frequency of gamma delta T cells in cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood of patients with multiple sclerosis. Reactivity, cytotoxicity, and T cell receptor V gene rearrangements.
Stinissen P, Vandevyver C, Medaer R, Vandegaer L, Nies J, Tuyls L, Hafler DA, Raus J, Zhang J. Increased frequency of gamma delta T cells in cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood of patients with multiple sclerosis. Reactivity, cytotoxicity, and T cell receptor V gene rearrangements. The Journal Of Immunology 1995, 154: 4883-94. PMID: 7722338, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.154.9.4883.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGamma delta T cell clonesGamma delta T cellsDelta T cellsT cell clonesGamma delta clonesMultiple sclerosisPeripheral bloodT cellsCerebrospinal fluidMS patientsOND patientsCell clonesControl subjectsNormal individualsBacterial superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin BCentral nervous system demyelinationCSF of patientsSuperantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin BToxic shock syndrome toxin-1Nervous system demyelinationClonal originSecondary inflammatory processesV gene usageSyndrome toxin-1Staphylococcal enterotoxin B