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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: Gabriela Salinas-Riester
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-75488 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature 20160210 7590
In multiple sclerosis, brain-reactive T cells invade the central nervous system (CNS) and induce a self-destructive inflammatory process. T-cell infiltrates are not only found within the parenchyma and the meninges, but also in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that bathes the entire CNS tissue. How the T cells reach the CSF, their functionality, and whether they traffic between the CSF and other CNS compartments remains hypothetical. Here we show that effector T cells enter the CSF from the leptome ...[more]