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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-3-12
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pubmed:abstractText |
Immunosuppression using cyclophosphamide or anti-T cell monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) directed at CD4 or CD8 promoted remyelination of CNS axons in the spinal cords of mice infected chronically with Theiler's virus. Treatment with a mAb directed at class II major histocompatibility gene products did not increase the extent of CNS remyelination. Following immunosuppressive treatment, quantitative morphometry revealed a five- to sevenfold increase in new myelin synthesis. Proliferating nervous system cells were identified at the edges of remyelinated lesions by their incorporation of [3H]thymidine. CNS remyelination occurred in mice depleted of selected subsets of T lymphocytes despite the local persistence of viral antigen. These findings indicate that CNS remyelination occurs as a normal consequence of primary myelin injury, but factors associated with immune T cells somehow impair remyelination. Interference with the function of immune T cells enhances CNS remyelination by oligodendrocytes. Similar depletion of immune T cells may allow for enhanced remyelination in the CNS of patients with chronic multiple sclerosis.
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pubmed:grant | |
pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Feb
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pubmed:issn |
0028-3878
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
42
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
348-57
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Antigens, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Autoradiography,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Axons,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Cell Division,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Central Nervous System,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Chronic Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Demyelinating Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Enterovirus Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Immunosuppression,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Maus Elberfeld virus,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Microscopy, Electron,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Myelin Sheath,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-Neuroglia,
pubmed-meshheading:1736164-T-Lymphocyte Subsets
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pubmed:year |
1992
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Immunosuppression promotes CNS remyelination in chronic virus-induced demyelinating disease.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Neurology, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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