ReviewFrontiers in immunology2023
Mimicking the brain: Epstein-Barr virus and foreign agents as drivers of neuroimmune attack in multiple sclerosis.
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- Azetidine-2-carboxylic acid-induced oligodendrogliopathy in vitro and the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis.Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology · 2026Article
- Viral Infections and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Reinterpreting the Crosstalk Through a Dual-Role Lens.Current microbiology · 2026Review
- Silent Intruders: The Gut Virome in Brain Aging and Cognitive Decline.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Multiple sclerosis and autoimmunity: a reappraisal of the evidence.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Intraventricular hemorrhage, suspected EBV reactivation, and TBA-positive epilepsy after deep cervical lymphovenous anastomosis in Alzheimer's disease: a case report.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- DNA methylation mediates the multiple sclerosis onset risk associated with HHV-6 DNA positivity.Environmental epigenetics · 2026Article
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- Revisiting the Link Between HLA-DRB1 Alleles and Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Association of non-Shared Epitope Alleles *09 and *15 With High Levels of Anti-Citrullinated Peptide/Protein Antibodies.ACR open rheumatology · 2025Article
- Dorsoventral photobiomodulation therapy safely reduces inflammation and sensorimotor deficits in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2024Article
- Mitochondrial extracellular vesicles, autoimmunity and myocarditis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
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Abstract
T cells have an essential role in adaptive immunity against pathogens and cancer, but failure of thymic tolerance mechanisms can instead lead to escape of T cells with the ability to attack host tissues. Multiple sclerosis (MS) occurs when structures such as myelin and neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) are the target of autoreactive immune responses, resulting in lesions in the brain and spinal cord which cause varied and episodic neurological deficits. A role for autoreactive T cell and antibody responses in MS is likely, and mounting evidence implicates Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in disease mechanisms. In this review we discuss antigen specificity of T cells involved in development and progression of MS. We examine the current evidence that these T cells can target multiple antigens such as those from pathogens including EBV and briefly describe other mechanisms through which viruses could affect disease. Unravelling the complexity of the autoantigen T cell repertoire is essential for understanding key events in the development and progression of MS, with wider implications for development of future therapies.
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