Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY
Volume 183, Issue 1-2, Pages 168-174Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2006.09.008
Keywords
multiple sclerosis; T-cells; CCR7; CD45RA; effector-function; flow cytometry
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
CCR7 and CD45RA expression on CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells in blood (PB) of 16 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and 16 healthy controls and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 10 patients suffering from MS were analysed by flow cytometric measurements. T-cells were divided by their distinct homing potentials and effector-functions in three groups: naive T-cells (CCR7+, CD45PA+), central memory T-cells (T-CM) (CCR7+, CD45RA-) and effector memory T-cells (T-EM) (CCR7-, CD45RAJ There was a significant increase of CD8+ T-EM-cells in PB of MS patients compared to healthy controls, indicating systemic immune activation. Further we found a relative depletion of CD8+ T-EM-cells in CSF of MS patients compared to matching blood samples, suggesting that these cells represent the effector arm of the immune response and infiltrate the brain tissue at the sites of inflammation. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available