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SUBMITTER: Farez MF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4570563 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Farez Mauricio F MF Mascanfroni Ivan D ID Méndez-Huergo Santiago P SP Yeste Ada A Murugaiyan Gopal G Garo Lucien P LP Balbuena Aguirre María E ME Patel Bonny B Ysrraelit María C MC Zhu Chen C Kuchroo Vijay K VK Rabinovich Gabriel A GA Quintana Francisco J FJ Correale Jorge J
Cell 20150901 6
Seasonal changes in disease activity have been observed in multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disorder that affects the CNS. These epidemiological observations suggest that environmental factors influence the disease course. Here, we report that melatonin levels, whose production is modulated by seasonal variations in night length, negatively correlate with multiple sclerosis activity in humans. Treatment with melatonin ameliorates disease in an experimental model of multiple sclerosis and direct ...[more]