Animal models of multiple sclerosis: From rodents to zebrafish

DJ Burrows, A McGown, SA Jain… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, immune-mediated demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system. Animal models of MS have been critical for elucidating MS pathological …

Strain-related differences in the immune response: relevance to human stroke

KJ Becker - Translational stroke research, 2016 - Springer
There are significant differences in the immune response and in the susceptibility to
autoimmune diseases among rodent strains. It would thus be expected that the contribution …

Transplantation of allogeneic islets of Langerhans in the rat liver: effects of macrophage depletion on graft survival and microenvironment activation.

R Bottino, LA Fernandez, C Ricordi, R Lehmann… - Diabetes, 1998 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Early impairment of islet function and graft loss limit the success of allogeneic islet
transplantation. Nonspecific inflammatory events occurring at the transplant site immediately …

MHC haplotype-dependent regulation of MOG-induced EAE in rats.

R Weissert, E Wallström, MK Storch… - The Journal of …, 1998 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) induced in the rat by active
immunization with myelin-oligodendrocyte-glycoprotein (MOG) is mediated by synergy …

Role of central nervous system microvascular pericytes in activation of antigen‐primed splenic T‐lymphocytes

R Balabanov, T Beaumont… - Journal of neuroscience …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The cellular constituents of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) must make finely tuned, regulatory
responses to maintain microvascular homeostasis. The mechanisms by which this task is …

Imaging microglial/macrophage activation in spinal cords of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis rats by positron emission tomography using the …

G Abourbeh, B Thézé, R Maroy, A Dubois… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS. Activated
microglia/macrophages play a key role in the immunopathogenesis of MS and its …

The biochemical and morphological alterations following administration of melatonin, retinoic acid and Nigella sativa in mammary carcinoma: an animal model

MAA El‐Aziz, HA Hassan, MH Mohamed… - International journal …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women and
the third most common cancer. Although our understanding of the molecular basis of this …

Protective effect of clove oil and eugenol microemulsions on fatty liver and dyslipidemia as components of metabolic syndrome

SY Al-Okbi, DA Mohamed, TE Hamed… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
In the present research, the effect of clove essential oil (CO) and its major constituent,
eugenol, formulated in water-based microemulsions, was studied on fatty liver and …

Cytokines in relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in DA rats: persistent mRNA expression of proinflammatory cytokines and absent expression of …

S Issazadeh, JC Lorentzen, MI Mustafa… - Journal of …, 1996 - Elsevier
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in rats is typically a brief and
monophasic disease with sparse demyelination. However, inbred DA rats develop a …

Inhibition of autoimmune T cell responses in the DA rat by bone marrow-derived NK cells in vitro: implications for autoimmunity

RB Smeltz, NA Wolf, RH Swanborg - The Journal of Immunology, 1999 - journals.aai.org
Regulation of the immune response is critical to homeostasis. While innate immunity can
influence the development of adaptive immune responses, its role in regulation is less well …