abstract：:Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome (OMAS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by rapid, random, conjugate eye movements (opsoclonus), myoclonus, and ataxia. Given these symptoms, autoantibodies targeting the cerebellum or brainstem could mediate the disease or be markers of autoimmunity. In a subset of patients ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Panzer JA,Anand R,Dalmau J,Lynch DR

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder and its etiology remains incompletely elucidated. Among possible causes, immunological factors have been implicated in its pathogenesis and course. The inflammatory system may trigger or modulate the course of schizophrenia through complex mechanisms influencing neurodevelopme...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Kapelski P,Skibinska M,Maciukiewicz M,Pawlak J,Permoda-Osip A,Twarowska-Hauser J

更新日期：2015-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral challenge with a viral mimetic, polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (PIC) induces hippocampal hyperexcitability in mice. Here, we characterized this hippocampal response through a whole genome transcriptome analysis. Intraperitoneal injection of PIC resulted in temporal dysregulation of 625 genes in the hippoca...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Michalovicz LT,Lally B,Konat GW

更新日期：2015-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Total glucosides of peony (TGP), an active compound extracted from the roots of Paeonia lactiflora Pall, has wide pharmacological effects on nervous system. Here we examined the effects of TGP on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an established model of multiple sclerosis (MS). The results showed that T...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Huang Q,Ma X,Zhu DL,Chen L,Jiang Y,Zhou L,Cen L,Pi R,Chen X

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Laquinimod, is a potential oral immunomodulatory drug, for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). We analyzed the blood-transcriptional changes in RRMS patients (who participated in the ALLEGRO clinical trial) at one and six months after laquinimod treatment using gene expression microarrays. The molecular eff...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Zilkha-Falb R,Gurevich M,Hayardeny L,Achiron A

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression and chronic fatigue are frequently present in multiple sclerosis (MS); however, the prevalence rates have not been investigated in neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Thirty-nine consecutive NMO and 75 MS patients were compared using self-rating questionnaires for depressive states, daily activity, and fatigue, as ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Akaishi T,Nakashima I,Misu T,Fujihara K,Aoki M

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting regulatory T cells (Treg cells) with interleukin-2 (IL-2) constitutes a novel therapeutic approach for autoimmunity. As anti-cancer therapy with IL-2 has revealed substantial toxicities a mutated human IL-2 molecule, termed AIC284 (formerly BAY 50-4798), has been developed to reduce these side effects. To as...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Weishaupt A,Paulsen D,Werner S,Wolf N,Köllner G,Rübsamen-Schaeff H,Hünig T,Kerkau T,Beyersdorf N

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:IgM paraproteins often present reactivity to myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and sulfatide. We describe the clinical and neurophysiological findings, and therapy response in 21 patients with IgM paraproteinemic neuropathy (15 with anti-MAG antibodies, 1 with anti-sulfatide antibodies, and 5 with both reactivity),...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Campagnolo M,Ferrari S,Dalla Torre C,Cabrini I,Cacciavillani M,Lucchetta M,Ruggero S,Toffanin E,Cavallaro T,Briani C

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease characterized by muscle weakness due to neuromuscular junction (NMJ) damage by anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) auto-antibodies and complement. In experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG), which is induced by immunization with Torpedo AChR in CFA, anti-AChR IgG2b an...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Huda R,Strait RT,Tüzün E,Finkelman FD,Christadoss P

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are not only essential for energy production, but they also exhibit a range of immunomodulatory properties that progress through T cell mediated events. Autoimmunity may have a pathogenic role in a subgroup of autistic children. This study is the first to investigate the relationshi...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Mostafa GA,El-Khashab HY,Al-Ayadhi LY

更新日期：2015-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the impact of genetic variants affecting MMP9 on MS susceptibility is still in debate. We could not detect an association of MMP9 SNPs with MS on a genome-wide significance level by SNP genotyping, follow...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Nischwitz S,Wolf C,Andlauer TF,Czamara D,Zettl UK,Rieckmann P,Buck D,Ising M,Bettecken T,Mueller-Myhsok B,Weber F

更新日期：2015-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral circulating cytokines are involved in immune to brain communication and systemic inflammation is considered a risk factor for flaring up the symptoms in most neurodegenerative diseases. We induced both central inflammatory demyelinating lesion, and systemic inflammation with an interleukin-1β expressing ade...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Murta V,Farías MI,Pitossi FJ,Ferrari CC

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation in the meninges, tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord that enclose the cerebrospinal fluid, closely parallels clinical exacerbations in relapsing-remitting experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). In preclinical disease, an influx of innate immune cells precedes loss of blood brain barrie...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Walker-Caulfield ME,Hatfield JK,Brown MA

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the GBA gene are related to an increased risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases. The exact molecular mechanisms involved in the interaction between GBA and α-synuclein, a protein that has been associated with several neurological diseases, remain unsolved. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) i...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Vairo F,Sperb-Ludwig F,Wilke M,Michellin-Tirelli K,Netto C,Neto EC,Doederlein Schwartz IV

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA n3) provide neuroprotection due to their anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties as well as their regulatory function on growth factors and neuronal plasticity. These qualities enable PUFA n3 to ameliorate stroke outcome and limit neuronal damage. Young adult male rats...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Zendedel A,Habib P,Dang J,Lammerding L,Hoffmann S,Beyer C,Slowik A

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) is associated with apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells. Local productions of reactive oxygen species and inflammatory mediators from activated microglial cells have been hypothesized to underlie apoptotic processes. We previously demonstrated that the anti-inflammatory effect of adenos...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Ahmad S,Elsherbiny NM,Bhatia K,Elsherbini AM,Fulzele S,Liou GI

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that obesity leads to more marked inflammatory responses in a site-specific manner. As has been seen in other animal models of obesity, ovariectomized rodents exhibit obesity and exacerbated fever and anorectic responses to the systemic injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Furthermore, they also...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Iwasa T,Matsuzaki T,Tungalagsuvd A,Munkhzaya M,Kawami T,Kato T,Kuwahara A,Yasui T,Irahara M

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Th17 cells play an important role in multiple sclerosis (MS) and its autoimmune model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). However, studies have not addressed how enhanced Th17 immune responses can affect demyelinating diseases. We induced EAE with MOG in RORγt transgenic C57BL/6 mice that overexpress a T...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Martinez NE,Sato F,Omura S,Kawai E,Takahashi S,Yoh K,Tsunoda I

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Opiates cause persistent restructuring in the mesolimbic reward system. Although a possible role for midkine and pleiotrophin cytokines in the field of synaptic plasticity has been proposed, it has not been assessed whether morphine administration regulates astrogliosis and midkine and pleiotrophin transcription. We o...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： García-Pérez D,Luisa Laorden M,Núñez C,Victoria Milanés M

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated the therapeutic benefit of cornel iridoid glycoside (CIG), the main component extracted from Cornus officinalis, in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) rats. CIG was intragastrically administered daily after EAE initiation for 20days and reduced disease severity, incid...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Yin L,Chen Y,Qu Z,Zhang L,Wang Q,Zhang Q,Li L

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed death-1 (PD-1) belongs to the CD28 family of co-stimulatory and co-inhibitory molecules and regulates adaptive immunity. This molecule induces the development of regulatory T cells, T cell tolerance, or apoptosis. We examined the role of PD-1 pathway in Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV)-induce...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Takizawa S,Kaneyama T,Tsugane S,Takeichi N,Yanagisawa S,Ichikawa M,Yagita H,Kim BS,Koh CS

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:B lymphocytes play an important role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Follicle-like structures (FLS) have recently been found in the subarachnoid space in the leptomeninges in some patients with secondary progressive MS (SPMS). They contain proliferating B lymphocytes, plasma cells, helper T lymphocytes...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Haugen M,Frederiksen JL,Degn M

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic asthma is one of the most common respiratory diseases, characterized by airway inflammation. However, little is known whether asthma-induced airway inflammation might influence the brain. We found that chronic asthma not only resulted in peripheral inflammation, but also induced neuroinflammation which was cha...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Xia MX,Ding X,Qi J,Gu J,Hu G,Sun XL

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a cell-based assay (CBA) to detect aquaporin 1 (AQP1) antibodies and determine sensitivity/specificity in patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) spectrum disorders. METHODS:A HEK-293T transfected cell model expressing AQP1 was established and detected to be serum AQP1 antibodies. RESULTS:AQP1 a...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Long Y,Zheng Y,Shan F,Chen M,Fan Y,Zhang B,Gao C,Gao Q,Yang N

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Autotaxin (ATX) is an enzyme producing lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) from lysophosphatidyl choline (LPC) and it is up-regulated in inflammatory conditions such as various cancers, arthritis and multiple sclerosis (MS). Numerous studies have shown that the LPA signaling gives rise to angiogenesis, mitosis, cell prolifera...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Zahednasab H,Balood M,Harirchian MH,Mesbah-Namin SA,Rahimian N,Siroos B

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we aimed to investigate whether treatment with an immune modulatory drug had an effect on the distribution of B cell subpopulations in patients with remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis (RRMS). We investigated the first-line drugs glatiramer acetate, interferon-β and natalizumab. Our data show that the...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Rovituso D,Heller S,Schroeter M,Kleinschnitz C,Kuerten S

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) functions as a ligand in receptor-mediated endocytosis of lipoprotein particles and has been demonstrated to play a role in antigen presentation. To explore the contribution of ApoE during autoimmune central nervous system (CNS) demyelination, we examined the clinical, cellular immune function,...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Shin S,Walz KA,Archambault AS,Sim J,Bollman BP,Koenigsknecht-Talboo J,Cross AH,Holtzman DM,Wu GF

更新日期：2014-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic-inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an immune-mediated disease with no known biomarkers for diagnosing the disease or assessing its prognosis. We performed transcriptional profiling microarray analysis on skin punch biopsies from 20 CIDP patients and 17 healthy controls to identify disease-asso...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Puttini S,Panaite PA,Mermod N,Renaud S,Steck AJ,Kuntzer T

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether microglia form gap junctions with themselves, or with astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, or neurons in vivo in normal mouse brains, and in pathological conditions that induce microglial activation - brain injury and a model of Alzheimer's disease. Although microglia are in close physical proximity t...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Wasseff SK,Scherer SS

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of atacicept, a recombinant fusion protein blocking BLyS and APRIL and acting on B cells, on degeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). We used myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in Brown Norway rats to induce a variant of EAE which...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Kretzschmar B,Hein K,Moinfar Z,Könnecke B,Sättler MB,Hess H,Weissert R,Bähr M

更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapeutic approaches to treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) using vaccination strategies must overcome the obstacle of achieving adequate responses to vaccination in the elderly. Here we demonstrate for the first time that application of the Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin adjuvant-laden immunostimulato...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Davtyan H,Ghochikyan A,Hovakimyan A,Petrushina I,Yu J,Flyer D,Madsen PJ,Pedersen LO,Cribbs DH,Agadjanyan MG

更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional dysregulation is a major pathological feature of Huntington's disease (HD). The goal of this study was to understand how p65/RelA co-regulated genes, specifically those of the cytokine and endocannabinoid systems, were affected in HD. p65/RelA levels were lower in human HD tissue and R6/2 HD mice, as w...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Laprairie RB,Warford JR,Hutchings S,Robertson GS,Kelly ME,Denovan-Wright EM

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β is known to play a role in several models of aging, neuroinflammation, and neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we document a detailed time- and age-dependent pattern of pro- and anti-inflammatory biomarkers following bilateral intrahippocampal injection of interleukin-1β. During the f...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Hopp SC,Royer S,Brothers HM,Kaercher RM,D'Angelo H,Bardou I,Wenk GL

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) limits mouse autoimmune neuroinflammation by promoting the development of tolerogenic dendritic cells (DCs). Given the role played by DCs in the establishment of immunological tolerance, agents that coerce DCs to adopt a protolerogenic function are currently under investigation for multi...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Molnarfi N,Benkhoucha M,Juillard C,Bjarnadóttir K,Lalive PH

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at (i) comparison of the usefulness of serum protein oxidation parameters for assessment of oxidative stress (OS) in multiple sclerosis (MS), and (ii) comparison of OS in MS patients subject to various therapies. Elevated glycophore level was noted in relapsing-remitting (RRMS) patients without tr...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Sadowska-Bartosz I,Adamczyk-Sowa M,Gajewska A,Bartosz G

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we evaluated the percentages of CD3(-)CD56(bright), CD3(-)CD56(dim), CD3(-)CD56(bright)perforin(+) and CD3(-)CD56(dim)perforin(+) Natural Killer (NK) cells in peripheral blood from untreated secondary progressive (SP) and primary progressive (PP) multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and age and sex matched h...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Plantone D,Marti A,Frisullo G,Iorio R,Damato V,Nociti V,Patanella AK,Bianco A,Mirabella M,Batocchi AP

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Research tools are urgently needed to elucidate the specificities of NMO and MS due to their clinical similarity at the early stage of the diseases. Herein, using high-field-strength MRI we characterized the optic nerve and spinal cord lesions in 2D2(tg) mice (MOG 35-55 specific TCR). Specifically, early Blood-brain B...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Bell JC,Liu Q,Gan Y,Liu Q,Liu Y,Shi FD,Turner GH

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma B cells secrete immunoglobulinfree light chains (IgLC) which by binding to mast cells can mediate hypersensitivity responses and are involved in several immunological disorders. To investigate the effects of antigen-specific IgLC activation, intracellular recordings were made from cultured murine dorsal root ga...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Rijnierse A,Kraneveld AD,Salemi A,Zwaneveld S,Goumans AP,Rychter JW,Thio M,Redegeld FA,Westerink RH,Kroese AB

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In dystrophic mdx mice and in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, inflammation contributes to myonecrosis. Previously, we demonstrated that eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) decreased inflammation and necrosis in dystrophic muscle. In the present study, we examined the effects of EPA and the corticoid deflazacort (DFZ) as modulato...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Carvalho SC,Apolinário LM,Matheus SM,Santo Neto H,Marques MJ

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between a prior program of regular exercise and the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)-mediated responses were evaluated. In the exercised EAE mice, although there was no effect on infiltrated cells, the cytokine and derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels were altered, a...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Bernardes D,Oliveira-Lima OC,Silva TV,Faraco CC,Leite HR,Juliano MA,Santos DM,Bethea JR,Brambilla R,Orian JM,Arantes RM,Carvalho-Tavares J

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00