Unveiling the enigma of the CNS as a B-cell fostering environment

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作者
Uccelli, A [1 ]
Aloisi, F
Pistoia, V
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[1] Univ Genoa, Dept Neurosci Ophthalmol & Genet, Neuroimmunol Unit, I-16126 Genoa, Italy
[2] Univ Genoa, Ctr Excellence Biomed Res, I-16126 Genoa, Italy
[3] Ist Super Sanita, Dept Cell Biol & Neurosci, I-00161 Rome, Italy
[4] G Gaslini Inst Children, Lab Oncol, Genoa, Italy
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10.1016/j.it.2005.02.009
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
This Opinion deals with the apparent paradox between the 'immune privileged' status of the central nervous system (CNS) and its propensity to act as a B-cell fostering environment in a variety of neurological disorders. Evidence will be reviewed that: (i) molecules regulating B-cell homing and survival are produced in the CNS, (ii) in different neuroinflammatory diseases, B cells can undergo a local recapitulation of the differentiation occurring in secondary lymphoid organs and (iii) ectopic lymphoid follicles develop in the meninges of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
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