The Enigmatic Role of Viruses in Multiple Sclerosis : Molecular Mimicry or Disturbed Immune Surveillance?
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
Citazione:
The Enigmatic Role of Viruses in Multiple Sclerosis : Molecular Mimicry or Disturbed Immune Surveillance? / J. Geginat, M. Paroni, M. Pagani, D. Galimberti, R. De Francesco, E. Scarpini, S. Abrignani. - In: TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 1471-4906. - 38:7(2017 Jul), pp. 498-512. [10.1016/j.it.2017.04.006]
Abstract:
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a T cell driven autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Despite its association with Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), how viral infections promote MS remains unclear. However, there is increasing evidence that the CNS is continuously surveyed by virus-specific T cells, which protect against reactivating neurotropic viruses. Here, we discuss how viral infections could lead to the breakdown of self-tolerance in genetically predisposed individuals, and how the reactivations of viruses in the CNS could induce the recruitment of both autoaggressive and virus-specific T cell subsets, causing relapses and progressive disability. A disturbed immune surveillance in MS would explain several experimental findings, and has important implications for prognosis and therapy.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
J. Geginat, M. Paroni, M. Pagani, D. Galimberti, R. De Francesco, E. Scarpini, S. Abrignani
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