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SUBMITTER: Perri V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10968113 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Perri Valentina V Zingaropoli Maria Antonella MA Pasculli Patrizia P Ciccone Federica F Tartaglia Matteo M Baione Viola V Malimpensa Leonardo L Ferrazzano Gina G Mastroianni Claudio Maria CM Conte Antonella A Ciardi Maria Rosa MR
Biology 20240228 3
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neurological disease that has been classified as an immune-mediated attack on myelin, the protective sheath of nerves. Some aspects of its pathogenesis are still unclear; nevertheless, it is generally established that viral infections influence the course of the disease. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a major pathogen involved in alterations of the immune system, including the expansion of highly differentiated cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and the accumulation of ad ...[more]