Lymphoid chemokines in chronic neuroinflammation

Autor: Diego Franciotta, Barbara Serafini, Roberta Magliozzi, Eliana M. Coccia, Elena Ambrosini, Francesca Aloisi, Barbara Rosicarelli, Sandra Columba-Cabezas, Richard Reynolds, Marco Salvetti
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Journal of Neuroimmunology
ISSN: 0165-5728
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.04.025
Popis: Lymphoid chemokines play an essential role in the establishment and maintenance of lymphoid tissue microarchitecture and have been implicated in the formation of tertiary (or ectopic) lymphoid tissue in chronic inflammatory conditions. Here, we review recent advances in lymphoid chemokine research in central nervous system inflammation, focusing on multiple sclerosis and the animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. We also highlight how the study of lymphoid chemokines, particularly CXCL13, has led to the identification of intrameningeal B-cell follicles in the multiple sclerosis brain paving the way to the discovery that these abnormal structures are highly enriched in Epstein–Barr virus-infected B cells and plasma cells.
Databáze: OpenAIRE