Abbreviations: CAT, chloroform acetyltransferase; CDR, complementary determining region; EAE, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; GAD65, glutamic acid decarboxylase 65; HEL, hen egg lysozyme; MBP, myelin basic protein; MLN, mesenteric lymph node; NOD, nonobese diabetic; PLN, pancreatic lymph node; scTCR, single-chain TCR; sIA-Ig, soluble IA-Ig; SPR, surface plasmon resonance; TCR, T cell...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system of presumed autoimmune etiology. one of the best animal models of demyelinating diseases is experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (eae), which can be induced in a variety of animals by injection of a target antigen such as myelin basic protein (mbp). the immune responses against the target amino acids cause tis...

Results. USPIOs covalently attached to antibodies affected the contrast in MRM scan, and their accumulation on cells manifested as signal weakening in T2*-weighted images or signal enhancement in T1-weighted images. With this method applied in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) murine multiple sclerosis (MS) model, CNS-infiltrating CD4 T cells were easily visualized with cell-s...

experimental  autoimmune  encephalomyelitis (eae)  is  a  mouse  model  for  multiple sclerosis (ms), this autoimmune disease is mainly mediated by adaptive and innate immune responses that lead to an inflammatory demyelination and axonal damage. imatinib mesylate is a  selective protein  tyrosine kinase inhibitor  with immunomodulatory  properties  that abrogates multiple signal transduction p...

The impact of high-intensity exercise on disease progression and muscle contractile properties in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) remains unclear. Control (CON) and EAE rats were divided into sedentary and exercise groups. Before onset (experiment 1, n=40) and after hindquarter paralysis (experiment 2, n=40), isokinetic foot extensor strength, cross sectional area (CSA) of tibia...

Objective Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces cell apoptosis by transducing apoptosis signals after interacting with its receptor (TRAIL-R). Although the actual biological role of TRAIL remains to be elucidated, recent accumulating evidence implies that TRAIL regulates immune responses and immune cell homeostasis via an apoptosis-independent pathway, suggesti...