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SUBMITTER: Fiedler SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5621757 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fiedler Sarah E SE George Joshua D JD Love Haley N HN Kim Edward E Spain Rebecca R Bourdette Dennis D Salinthone Sonemany S
Journal of systems and integrative neuroscience 20170501 3
<h4>Objective and design</h4>The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is unknown, but blood derived monocytes/macrophages are believed to be involved in the pathogenesis through phagocytosis of myelin and production of inflammatory mediators. The objective of this study is to examine inflammatory cytokines that are present at elevated levels in active MS lesions to determine whether there are differences between classically stimulated monocytes isolated from healthy control (HC) and relapsing-rem ...[more]