Interactions between genetic, lifestyle and environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis

T Olsson, LF Barcellos, L Alfredsson - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2017 - nature.com
Genetic predisposition to multiple sclerosis (MS) only explains a fraction of the disease risk;
lifestyle and environmental factors are key contributors to the risk of MS. Importantly, these …

Changes in nutritional status impact immune cell metabolism and function

Y Alwarawrah, K Kiernan, NJ MacIver - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Immune cell function and metabolism are closely linked. Many studies have now clearly
demonstrated that alterations in cellular metabolism influence immune cell function and that …

[HTML][HTML] Intermittent fasting confers protection in CNS autoimmunity by altering the gut microbiota

F Cignarella, C Cantoni, L Ghezzi, A Salter, Y Dorsett… - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is more common in western countries with diet being a potential
contributing factor. Here we show that intermittent fasting (IF) ameliorated clinical course and …

Environmental and genetic risk factors for MS: an integrated review

E Waubant, R Lucas, E Mowry, J Graves… - Annals of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent findings have provided a molecular basis for the combined contributions of
multifaceted risk factors for the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS). MS appears to start as a …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary fatty acids directly impact central nervous system autoimmunity via the small intestine

A Haghikia, S Jörg, A Duscha, J Berg, A Manzel… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Growing empirical evidence suggests that nutrition and bacterial metabolites might impact
the systemic immune response in the context of disease and autoimmunity. We report that …

Obesity in autoimmune diseases: not a passive bystander

M Versini, PY Jeandel, E Rosenthal, Y Shoenfeld - Autoimmunity reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
In the last decades, autoimmune diseases have experienced a dramatic increase in Western
countries. The involvement of environmental factors is strongly suspected to explain this rise …

Methionine metabolism shapes T helper cell responses through regulation of epigenetic reprogramming

DG Roy, J Chen, V Mamane, EH Ma, BM Muhire… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Epigenetic modifications on DNA and histones regulate gene expression by modulating
chromatin accessibility to transcription machinery. Here we identify methionine as a key …

Vitamin D and immunity in infants and children

G Mailhot, JH White - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The last couple of decades have seen an explosion in our interest and understanding of the
role of vitamin D in the regulation of immunity. At the molecular level, the hormonal form of …

The role of diet in multiple sclerosis: mechanistic connections and current evidence

I Katz Sand - Current nutrition reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review seeks to examine current research related to the
role of diet in multiple sclerosis (MS). Recent Findings Recent research in preclinical …

Lifestyle and environmental factors in multiple sclerosis

L Alfredsson, T Olsson - Cold Spring …, 2019 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Lifestyle and environmental factors potently influence the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS),
because genetic predisposition only explains a fraction of the risk increase. There is strong …