Specific Binding of Peroxidase-Labeled Myelin Basic Protein in Allergic Encephalomyelitis

Myelin-binding antibodies in experimental "allergic" encephalomyelitis.

Antibodies with a specificity for myelin, as demonstrated by immunofluorescence, are present in the sera of rabbits injected with spinal cord. These antibodies react with both adult rabbit and human spinal cord but not with unmyelinated areas of neonatal human spinal cord.

Two minor determinants of myelin basic protein induce experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in SJL/J mice

Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that occurs after immunization of animals with myelin basic protein (MBP). The disease is a prototype model for the study of antigen-specific T helper cell-mediated autoimmune disease. In SJL/J mice, EAE is mediated by T helper cells directed against a 40-amino acid COOH-term...

The pathophysiology of myelin basic protein-induced acute experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in the Lewis rat.

Histological and electrophysiological studies were performed on Lewis rats with acute experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) induced by inoculation with guinea-pig myelin basic protein (MBP) and Freund's adjuvant. The histological studies showed demyelination in the lumbar, sacral and coccygeal dorsal and ventral spinal roots and to a lesser extent in the spinal cord, including the dorsa...

Peptide-specific prevention of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Neonatal tolerance induced to the dominant T cell determinant of myelin basic protein

Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a model of antigen-specific T cell-mediated autoimmune disease. The alpha-acetylated, NH2-terminal nine amino acids (1-9NAc) of myelin basic protein (MBP) represents the dominant T cell epitope for the induction of EAE in the B10.PL (H-2u) strain. We tolerized neonatal B10.PL mice to 1-9NAc and studied the proliferative responses to this peptide ...

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