Central nervous system macrophages in progressive multiple sclerosis: relationship to neurodegeneration and therapeutics

E Kamma, W Lasisi, C Libner, HS Ng… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
There are over 15 disease-modifying drugs that have been approved over the last 20 years
for the treatment of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), but there are limited …

Roles of GM-CSF in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases: an update

N Lotfi, R Thome, N Rezaei, GX Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) was first described as a
growth factor that induces the differentiation and proliferation of myeloid progenitors in the …

Cell-type-specific interleukin 1 receptor 1 signaling in the brain regulates distinct neuroimmune activities

X Liu, DP Nemeth, DB McKim, L Zhu, DJ DiSabato… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Summary Interleukin-1 (IL-1) signaling is important for multiple potentially pathogenic
processes in the central nervous system (CNS), but the cell-type-specific roles of IL-1 …

Helminth immunomodulation in autoimmune disease

TB Smallwood, PR Giacomin, A Loukas… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Helminths have evolved to become experts at subverting immune surveillance. Through
potent and persistent immune tempering, helminths can remain undetected in human …

Microglia and CNS interleukin-1: beyond immunological concepts

X Liu, N Quan - Frontiers in neurology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Activation of microglia and expression of the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1) in the
CNS have become almost synonymous with neuroinflammation. In numerous studies …

New insights into the role of IL-1β in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis

CC Lin, BT Edelson - The Journal of Immunology, 2017 - journals.aai.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS), and its animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis,
are neuroinflammatory diseases driven by autoreactive pathogenic TH cells that elicit …

Neutrophils: underestimated players in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS)

M De Bondt, N Hellings, G Opdenakker… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neutrophils are the most abundant circulating and first-responding innate myeloid cells and
have so far been underestimated in the context of multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is the most …

The properties of cytokines in multiple sclerosis: pros and cons

K Wang, F Song, A Fernandez-Escobar, G Luo… - The American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous
system and is characterized by demyelination, axonal loss, gliosis and inflammation. The …

Microglia Regulate Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity via MiR‐126a‐5p/MMP9 Axis during Inflammatory Demyelination

Z Yu, X Fang, W Liu, R Sun, J Zhou, Y Pu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Blood–brain barrier (BBB) impairment is an early prevalent feature of multiple sclerosis
(MS), and remains vital for MS progression. Microglial activation precedes BBB disruption …

IL-1β enables CNS access to CCR2hi monocytes and the generation of pathogenic cells through GM-CSF released by CNS endothelial cells

A Paré, B Mailhot, SA Lévesque… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Molecular interventions that limit pathogenic CNS inflammation are used to treat
autoimmune conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Remarkably, IL-1β–knockout mice …