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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS). In active disease, a transmigration of autoreactive T cells to myelin antigens recruited from the peripheral blood (PBMC) to the CNS occurs, and there these cells prolong their survival and contribute to the perpetuation of the inflammation. In the active local lesions of MS patients, these cells display activation and apoptosis surface markers and secrete a range of cytokines. The aim of this research is to study on PBMCs and in the serum of stable and active MS subjects (1) the behavior of the CD40/CD40L system and the consequent balance of Th1 and Th2 cytokines and (2) the apoptosis marker system CD95/CD95L and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- binding receptors, TNFRI and TNFRII. A possible excess of activation marker expression affecting and driving Th1 cytokine production or a parallel impairment of apoptosis may contribute to MS relapses. Our results may indicate that a dysregulation of early activation and apoptosis receptor systems and a profound and complex imbalance of cytokine production occurred in the peripheral blood of MS patients. This impairment could account for active phases of the disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1079-9907
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
661-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Antigens, CD40, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Fas Ligand Protein, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Leukocytes, Mononuclear, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Multiple Sclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Myelin Sheath, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Th2 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16318579-Tumor Necrosis Factors
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Short communication: impairment of membrane markers on peripheral blood mononuclear cells and imbalance of cytokine secretion in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis active phases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Environmental Protection, Section of General Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Italy. vsofo@unime.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't