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ArticleTranslational stroke research2012

A novel hypothesis: regulatory B lymphocytes shape outcome from experimental stroke.

Halina Offner, Patricia D Hurn

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Article in Translational stroke research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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  4. Updates of the role of B-cells in ischemic stroke.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024
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  17. Immunoreactive Cells After Cerebral Ischemia.Frontiers in immunology · 2019
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2 authors.

Halina OffnerNeuroimmunology Research, Portland VA Medical Center, R&D-31, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd., Portland, OR 97239 ; Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97201 ; Department of Anesthesiology and Peri-Operative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239.
Patricia D Hurn

Funding

PH-MEDIATED MECHANISMS OF INJURY IN CEREBRAL ISCHEMIAR01NR003521 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI HURN, PATRICIA D. · 1994 to 2013
$4.5M
Regulatory B-cells Limit CNS Inflammation and Infarct in Experimental StrokeR01NS075887 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI OFFNER, HALINA · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS075887NINR NIH HHS R01 NR003521
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although inflammatory immune cells clearly contribute to the development of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in mice, the failure to block neutrophil-associated injury in clinical stroke trials has discouraged further development of immunotherapeutic approaches. However, there is renewed interest in a possible protective role for regulatory T- and B-cells that can suppress inflammation and limit central nervous system damage induced by infiltrating pro-inflammatory cells. Our failure to implicate CD4(+)FoxP3(+) T-cells in limiting brain lesion volume after MCAO turned our focus towards regulatory B-cells known to mediate protection against other inflammatory CNS conditions. Our results clearly demonstrated that B-cell deficient mice developed larger infarct volumes, higher mortality and more severe functional deficits compared to wild-type mice, and had increased numbers of activated T-cells, macrophages, microglial cells, and neutrophils in the affected brain hemisphere. These MCAO-induced changes were completely prevented in B-cell-restored mice after transfer of highly purified WT B-cells but not IL-10-deficient B-cells. Our novel observations are the first to implicate IL-10-secreting B-cells as a major regulatory cell type in stroke and suggest that enhancement of regulatory B-cells might have application as a novel therapy for this devastating neurologic condition.

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PMID23175646
PMCPMC3501272

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