Genetically encoded indicators of neuronal activity

MZ Lin, MJ Schnitzer - Nature neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
Experimental efforts to understand how the brain represents, stores and processes
information require high-fidelity recordings of multiple different forms of neural activity within …

Multiple sclerosis: experimental models and reality

H Lassmann, M Bradl - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
One of the most frequent statements, provided in different variations in the introduction of
experimental studies on multiple sclerosis (MS), is that “Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating …

Vascular, glial, and lymphatic immune gateways of the central nervous system

B Engelhardt, RO Carare, I Bechmann, A Flügel… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
Immune privilege of the central nervous system (CNS) has been ascribed to the presence of
a blood–brain barrier and the lack of lymphatic vessels within the CNS parenchyma …

Perivascular spaces and their role in neuroinflammation

BV Ineichen, SV Okar, ST Proulx, B Engelhardt… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
It is uncontested that perivascular spaces play critical roles in maintaining homeostasis and
priming neuroinflammation. However, despite more than a century of intense research on …

Effector T-cell trafficking between the leptomeninges and the cerebrospinal fluid

C Schläger, H Körner, M Krueger, S Vidoli, M Haberl… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
In multiple sclerosis, brain-reactive T cells invade the central nervous system (CNS) and
induce a self-destructive inflammatory process. T-cell infiltrates are not only found within the …

T–B-cell entanglement and ICOSL-driven feed-forward regulation of germinal centre reaction

D Liu, H Xu, C Shih, Z Wan, X Ma, W Ma, D Luo, H Qi - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The germinal centre (GC) reaction supports affinity-based B-cell competition and generates
high-affinity bone-marrow plasma cells (BMPCs),. How follicular T-helper (TFH) cells …

Meningeal inflammation as a driver of cortical grey matter pathology and clinical progression in multiple sclerosis

R Magliozzi, OW Howell, M Calabrese… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Growing evidence from cerebrospinal fluid samples and post-mortem brain tissue from
individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and rodent models indicates that the meninges have …

Optimized ratiometric calcium sensors for functional in vivo imaging of neurons and T lymphocytes

T Thestrup, J Litzlbauer, I Bartholomäus, M Mues… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The quality of genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) has improved dramatically in
recent years, but high-performing ratiometric indicators are still rare. Here we describe a …

The blood–brain barrier

B Obermeier, A Verma, RM Ransohoff - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2016 - Elsevier
In autoimmune neurologic disorders, the blood–brain barrier (BBB) plays a central role in
immunopathogenesis, since this vascular interface is an entry path for cells and effector …

B cells in the multiple sclerosis central nervous system: trafficking and contribution to CNS-compartmentalized inflammation

L Michel, H Touil, NB Pikor, JL Gommerman… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Clinical trial results of peripheral B cell depletion indicate abnormal proinflammatory B cell
properties, and particularly antibody-independent functions, contribute to relapsing MS …