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SUBMITTER: Rojas OL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6903689 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rojas Olga L OL Pröbstel Anne-Katrin AK Porfilio Elisa A EA Wang Angela A AA Charabati Marc M Sun Tian T Lee Dennis S W DSW Galicia Georgina G Ramaglia Valeria V Ward Lesley A LA Leung Leslie Y T LYT Najafi Ghazal G Khaleghi Khashayar K Garcillán Beatriz B Li Angela A Besla Rickvinder R Naouar Ikbel I Cao Eric Y EY Chiaranunt Pailin P Burrows Kyle K Robinson Hannah G HG Allanach Jessica R JR Yam Jennifer J Luck Helen H Campbell Daniel J DJ Allman David D Brooks David G DG Tomura Michio M Baumann Ryan R Zamvil Scott S SS Bar-Or Amit A Horwitz Marc S MS Winer Daniel A DA Mortha Arthur A Mackay Fabienne F Prat Alexandre A Osborne Lisa C LC Robbins Clinton C Baranzini Sergio E SE Gommerman Jennifer L JL
Cell 20190103 3
Plasma cells (PC) are found in the CNS of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, yet their source and role in MS remains unclear. We find that some PC in the CNS of mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) originate in the gut and produce immunoglobulin A (IgA). Moreover, we show that IgA<sup>+</sup> PC are dramatically reduced in the gut during EAE, and likewise, a reduction in IgA-bound fecal bacteria is seen in MS patients during disease relapse. Removal of plasmablast (PB) plus P ...[more]