T cells in health and disease

L Sun, Y Su, A Jiao, X Wang, B Zhang - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
T cells are crucial for immune functions to maintain health and prevent disease. T cell
development occurs in a stepwise process in the thymus and mainly generates CD4+ and …

The immunology of multiple sclerosis

KE Attfield, LT Jensen, M Kaufmann… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Our incomplete understanding of the causes and pathways involved in the onset and
progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) limits our ability to effectively treat this complex …

Multiple sclerosis: Neuroimmune crosstalk and therapeutic targeting

M Charabati, MA Wheeler, HL Weiner, FJ Quintana - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory and degenerative disease of the central
nervous system afflicting nearly three million individuals worldwide. Neuroimmune …

Overview of general and discriminating markers of differential microglia phenotypes

AM Jurga, M Paleczna, KZ Kuter - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory processes and microglia activation accompany most of the pathophysiological
diseases in the central nervous system. It is proven that glial pathology precedes and even …

Multiple sclerosis: mechanisms and immunotherapy

C Baecher-Allan, BJ Kaskow, HL Weiner - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease triggered by environmental factors that act
on a genetically susceptible host. It features three clinical stages: a pre-clinical stage …

Functional morphology of the blood–brain barrier in health and disease

S Liebner, RM Dijkhuizen, Y Reiss, KH Plate… - Acta …, 2018 - Springer
The adult quiescent blood–brain barrier (BBB), a structure organised by endothelial cells
through interactions with pericytes, astrocytes, neurons and microglia in the neurovascular …

Stem cell-derived exosomes as nanotherapeutics for autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders

M Riazifar, MR Mohammadi, EJ Pone, A Yeri… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
To dissect therapeutic mechanisms of transplanted stem cells and develop exosome-based
nanotherapeutics in treating autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases, we assessed …

Intranasal delivery of mesenchymal stem cell derived exosomes loaded with phosphatase and tensin homolog siRNA repairs complete spinal cord injury

S Guo, N Perets, O Betzer, S Ben-Shaul, A Sheinin… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) usually suffer from permanent neurological deficits,
while spontaneous recovery and therapeutic efficacy are limited. Here, we demonstrate that …

Golden exosomes selectively target brain pathologies in neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders

N Perets, O Betzer, R Shapira, S Brenstein, A Angel… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Exosomes, nanovesicles that are secreted by different cell types, enable intercellular
communication at local or distant sites. Alhough they have been found to cross the blood …

Revisiting traumatic brain injury: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic interventions

A Jarrahi, M Braun, M Ahluwalia, RV Gupta, M Wilson… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Studying the complex molecular mechanisms involved in traumatic brain injury (TBI) is
crucial for developing new therapies for TBI. Current treatments for TBI are primarily focused …