Suppression of the immune reaction in multiple sclerosis might be achieved by intravenous injections of myelin basic protein, concomitant with the administration of an immunosuppressant and a corticosteroid.

Abstract:

:The author presents evidence from published papers of research done by numerous investigators that Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease, that the target tissue is the myelin sheath which covers the nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord, that Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) is the antigen or one of the antigens involved, that the autoimmune reaction is effected by sensitized lymphocytes together with a specific antibody, that Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis (EAE) produced in animals can be used as a model for MS, and that the autoimmune reaction in MS can possibly be suppressed by the use of MBP given by an intravenous procedure together with an immunosuppressive drug and a corticosteroid.

journal_name

Med Hypotheses

journal_title

Medical hypotheses

authors

Eidinoff H

doi

10.1016/0306-9877(88)90061-8

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-06-01 00:00:00

pages

103-6

issue

2

eissn

0306-9877

issn

1532-2777

pii

0306-9877(88)90061-8

journal_volume

26

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