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ArticleeLife2016

Internalization and presentation of myelin antigens by the brain endothelium guides antigen-specific T cell migration.

Melissa A Lopes Pinheiro, Alwin Kamermans, Juan J Garcia-Vallejo, Bert van Het Hof, Laura Wierts, Tom O'Toole, Daniël Boeve, Marleen Verstege, Susanne Ma van der Pol, Yvette van Kooyk and 2 more

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Article in eLife, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Melissa A Lopes PinheiroDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Alwin KamermansDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Juan J Garcia-VallejoDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bert van Het HofDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Laura WiertsDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tom O'TooleDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Daniël BoeveDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Marleen VerstegeDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Susanne Ma van der PolDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Yvette van KooykDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5997-3665
Helga E de VriesDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Wendy Wj UngerDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9484-261X
Vollum Institute · USVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trafficking of myelin-reactive CD4(+) T-cells across the brain endothelium, an essential step in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS), is suggested to be an antigen-specific process, yet which cells provide this signal is unknown. Here we provide direct evidence that under inflammatory conditions, brain endothelial cells (BECs) stimulate the migration of myelin-reactive CD4(+) T-cells by acting as non-professional antigen presenting cells through the processing and presentation of myelin-derived antigens in MHC-II. Inflamed BECs internalized myelin, which was routed to endo-lysosomal compartment for processing in a time-dependent manner. Moreover, myelin/MHC-II complexes on inflamed BECs stimulated the trans-endothelial migration of myelin-reactive Th1 and Th17 2D2 cells, while control antigen loaded BECs did not stimulate T-cell migration. Furthermore, blocking the interaction between myelin/MHC-II complexes and myelin-reactive T-cells prevented T-cell transmigration. These results demonstrate that endothelial cells derived from the brain are capable of enhancing antigen-specific T cell recruitment.

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Antigen PresentationCell MovementAntigensBrainCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedEndocytosisEndotheliumHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansMyelin SheathAntigensHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIblood-brain barrierencephalitogenic T cellshumanimmunologymousemultiple sclerosisneuroscience

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PMID27336724
PMCPMC4959842
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