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B cell repertoire expansion occurs in meningeal ectopic lymphoid tissue.
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- Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: New Therapeutic Approaches.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2025Review
- B cells in non-lymphoid tissues.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2025Review
- High efficacy therapy to prevent the formation of meningeal tertiary lymphoid organs after CXCL13 index screening in early multiple sclerosis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Methods for Selective Gene Expression Profiling in Single Tertiary Lymphoid Structure Using Laser Capture Microdissection.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Article
- CXCL13 as a Biomarker: Background and Utility in Multiple Sclerosis.Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Tertiary lymphoid structures in diseases: immune mechanisms and therapeutic advances.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024Review
- B-Cell Receptor Repertoire: Recent Advances in Autoimmune Diseases.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2024Review
- Single-Cell Profiling Indicates a Proinflammatory Role of Meningeal Ectopic Lymphoid Tissue in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation · 2024Article
- Ofatumumab successfully treats myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease accompanied by Epstein-Barr viral infection: a case series.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Single-cell profiling indicates a high similarity between immune cells in the cerebrospinal fluid and in meningeal ectopic lymphoid tissue in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Meningeal inflammation as a driver of cortical grey matter pathology and clinical progression in multiple sclerosis.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2023Review
- CAR-T Cell-Mediated B-Cell Depletion in Central Nervous System Autoimmunity.Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation · 2023Article
- Recent Progress in Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Using Immune Cells as Targets.Pharmaceutics · 2023Review
- Multiple Sclerosis CSF Is Enriched With Follicular T Cells Displaying a Th1/Eomes Signature.Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation · 2022Article
- Breaching Brain Barriers: B Cell Migration in Multiple Sclerosis.Biomolecules · 2022Review
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Abstract
Ectopic lymphoid tissues (ELT) can be found in multiple sclerosis (MS) and other organ-specific inflammatory conditions. Whether ELT in the meninges of central nervous system (CNS) autoimmune disease exhibit local germinal center (GC) activity remains unknown. In an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis model of CNS autoimmunity, we found activation-induced cytidine deaminase, a GC-defining enzyme, in meningeal ELT (mELT) densely populated by B and T cells. To determine GC activity in mELT, we excised meningeal lymphoid aggregates using laser capture microscopy and evaluated B cell repertoires in mELT and secondary lymphoid organs by next-generation immune repertoire sequencing. We found immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region sequences that were unique to mELT and had accumulated functionally relevant somatic mutations, together indicating localized antigen-driven affinity maturation. Our results suggest that B cells in mELT actively participate in CNS autoimmunity, which may be relevant to mELT in MS and ELT in other chronic inflammatory conditions.
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