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SUBMITTER: Zhang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4511855 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Jun J Zhang Jun J Benedek Gil G Bodhankar Sheetal S Lapato Andrew A Vandenbark Arthur A AA Offner Halina H
Journal of neuroimmunology 20150611
Women with multiple sclerosis (MS) often experience clinical improvement during pregnancy, indicating that sex hormones might have therapeutic effects in MS. Our previous studies have demonstrated that B cells and PD-L1 are crucial for E2 (17β-estradiol)-mediated protection against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). We here demonstrate that the transfer of IL-10(+) B cells into E2-treated PD-L1(-/-) mice after EAE induction could partially restore E2-mediated protection and decreas ...[more]