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SUBMITTER: Meyer Zu Horste G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3480724 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meyer Zu Horste Gerd G Heidenreich Holger H Lehmann Helmar C HC Ferrone Soldano S Hartung Hans-Peter HP Wiendl Heinz H Kieseier Bernd C BC
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Schwann cells are the myelinating glia cells of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and can become targets of an autoimmune response in inflammatory neuropathies like the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Professional antigen presenting cells (APCs) are known to promote autoimmune responses in target tissues by presenting self-antigens. Other cell types could participate in local autoimmune responses by acting as nonprofessional APCs. Using a combined approach of immunocytochemistry, immunohistoche ...[more]