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ArticleMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Differential Expression of Tissue Transglutaminase Splice Variants in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Patients.

Claudia Sestito, John J P Brevé, Joep Killestein, Charlotte E Teunissen, Micha M M Wilhelmus, Benjamin Drukarch, Anne-Marie van Dam

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Article in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Claudia SestitoDepartment of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. c.sestito@vumc.nl.
John J P BrevéDepartment of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. jjp.breve@vumc.nl.
Joep KillesteinDepartment of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.killestein@vumc.nl.
Charlotte E TeunissenDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ce.teunissen@vumc.nl.
Micha M M WilhelmusDepartment of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.wilhelmus@vumc.nl.
Benjamin DrukarchDepartment of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. b.drukarch@vumc.nl.
Anne-Marie van DamDepartment of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. amw.vandam@vumc.nl.
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NLVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

Funding

FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions 289964Stichting MS Research 14-865MS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by inflammation and immune cell infiltration in the brain parenchyma. Tissue transglutaminase (TG2), a calcium-dependent cross-linking enzyme, has been shown to be present in infiltrating MHC-II positive cells in lesions of patients suffering from MS. Moreover, TG2 mRNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)-derived from primary progressive (PP)-MS patients correlated with clinical parameters, thus highlighting the importance of TG2 in MS pathology. In the present study, we further characterized TG2 expression by measuring the mRNA levels of full-length TG2 and four TG2 alternative splice variants in PBMCs derived from PP-MS patients and healthy control (HC) subjects. In PP-MS-derived PBMCs, TG2 variant V4b was significantly higher expressed, and both V4a and V4b variants were relatively more expressed in relation to full-length TG2. These observations open new avenues to unravel the importance of TG2 alternative splicing in the pathophysiology of PP-MS.

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alternative splicingmultiple sclerosisperipheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)Tissue transglutaminase

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PMID30486475
PMCPMC6313466
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