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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 42, 期 5, 页码 1164-1173出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142242
关键词
Autoimmunity; B cells; EAE; MS; Regulatory T cells
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资金
- Hertie-Stiftung
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB-650, TRR-36]
- MRC [G0801924, G0901697] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0801924, G0901697] Funding Source: researchfish
B cells and regulatory T (Treg) cells can both facilitate remission from experimental auto immune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a disease of the central nervous system (CNS) used as a model for multiple sclerosis (MS). Considering that B-cell-depletion therapy (BCDT) is used to treat MS patients, we asked whether Treg-cell activation depended on B cells during EAE. Treg-cell proliferation, accumulation in CNS, and augmentation of suppressive activity in the CNS were normal in B-cell-deficient mice, indicating that B cells are not essential for activation of the protective Treg-cell response and thus provide an independent layer of regulation. This function of B cells involved early suppression of the encephalitogenic CD4+ T-cell response, which was enhanced in B-cell-deficient mice. CD4+ T-cell depletion was sufficient to intercept the transition from acute-to-chronic EAE when applied to B-cell-deficient animals that just reached the peak of disease severity. Intriguingly, this treatment did not improve disease when applied later, implying that chronic disability was ultimately maintained independently of pathogenic CD4+ T cells. Collectively, our data indicate that BCDT is unlikely to impair Treg-cell function, yet it might produce undesirable effects on T-cell-mediated autoimmune pathogenesis.
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