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JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY
Volume 160, Issue 1-2, Pages 195-203Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2004.10.019
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multiple sclerosis; endogenous retrovirus; inflammation; cytokines; Th1/Th2; HERV-W; MSRV
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MSRV is a retroviral element previously isolated in cell cultures from patients with multiple sclerosis. It is part of a new multi-copy endogenous retrovirus family named HERV-W and displays pro-inflammatory properties both in vitro in human PBMC cultures and in vivo in a humanized SCID mice model. In the present study, we have evaluated potential links between the pro-inflammatory properties of MSRV envelope protein and MS disease. Thus, cytokine productions mediated by the surface unit of MSRV envelope protein were evaluated in PBMC of MS patients and compared with healthy controls. Divergent reactivity to ENV-SU between MS and control PBMC was observed and was reflected by a significant increase of IFN-gamma, IL-6 and IL-12p40 production by the tested MS population. Interestingly, the overproduction of IL-6 and IL-12p40 was found to correlate with disease severity (EDSS) in most patients. Altogether our data suggest that MSRV envelope protein may induce an abnormal cytokine secretion, thus contributing to the inflammatory process in MS. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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