2019
Multiplexed imaging of immune cells in staged multiple sclerosis lesions by mass cytometry
Ramaglia V, Sheikh-Mohamed S, Legg K, Park C, Rojas OL, Zandee S, Fu F, Ornatsky O, Swanson EC, Pitt D, Prat A, McKee TD, Gommerman JL. Multiplexed imaging of immune cells in staged multiple sclerosis lesions by mass cytometry. ELife 2019, 8: e48051. PMID: 31368890, PMCID: PMC6707785, DOI: 10.7554/elife.48051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisMS disease activityT-cell phenotypeMass cytometryTypes of lymphocytesMultiple sclerosis lesionsNatalizumab cessationDisease activityMS patientsInflammatory lesionsImmune cellsSpinal cordLesion morphometryMS lesionsB cellsLesion typeSclerosis lesionsLesionsBlood vesselsCell phenotypeFunctional stateCytometryCellular contentCell-cell interactionsPhenotype
2014
B cells populating the multiple sclerosis brain mature in the draining cervical lymph nodes
Stern JN, Yaari G, Vander Heiden JA, Church G, Donahue WF, Hintzen RQ, Huttner AJ, Laman JD, Nagra RM, Nylander A, Pitt D, Ramanan S, Siddiqui BA, Vigneault F, Kleinstein SH, Hafler DA, O'Connor KC. B cells populating the multiple sclerosis brain mature in the draining cervical lymph nodes. Science Translational Medicine 2014, 6: 248ra107. PMID: 25100741, PMCID: PMC4388137, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical lymph nodesCentral nervous systemB cellsCerebrospinal fluidLymph nodesMultiple sclerosisLymphoid tissueCNS of patientsCNS B cellsAntigen-experienced B cellsMultiple sclerosis brainSecondary lymphoid tissuesB cell compartmentB cell trafficB cell maturationImmunomodulatory therapyImmune infiltratesPeripheral bloodInflammatory diseasesLymphocyte transmigrationPeripheral tissuesNervous systemMembers of clonesCell maturationCell traffic