May 4, 2021 News by Margarida Maia, PhD Repertoire, Yale Working to Identify T-cells Driving MS Repertoire Immune Medicines and Yale University have entered a research collaboration to identify what type of antigens are activating immune T-cells in patients withĀ multiple sclerosis (MS). Antigens are molecular structures, such as a portion of a protein or a specific chain of sugars, that trigger an immune…
March 4, 2021 News by Margarida Maia, PhD Antigen-loaded Red Blood Cells Help Promote Immune Tolerance in Mice Red blood cells carrying specific antigen proteins on the cell surface can be used to disarm overactive T-cells by promoting immune tolerance, a study in mice found. The findings may have important implications for the treatment of autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis. The study, āPersistent antigen…
January 20, 2021 News by Joana Carvalho, PhD New Primate Model Can Shed Light on Mechanisms Underlying Myelin Loss A new primate model uncovered by researchers can help scientists understand the immune and inflammatory processes underlying the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) in humans, a study reports. It was already known that Japanese macaques ā also called snow monkeys ā can spontaneously develop encephalomyelitis (JME), a disorder that…
January 14, 2021 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD New Technique May Help Isolate, Characterize T-cells in MS Research Scientists at the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center have developed a technique able to more efficiently isolate specific T-cells ā immune cells involved not only in the fight against infections and cancer but also in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) ā for research. In particular, the…
August 16, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Ulcer Bacterium Might Play Role in MS, but More Studies Needed, Greek Researchers Say Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) patients have larger quantities of certain antibodies to the stomach ulcer bacterium Helicobacter pylori than thoseĀ with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RMSS), finds a Greek study which also showed that MS patients in general differ from healthy people in this aspect. Although researchers atĀ theĀ University of ThessalyĀ think…
June 16, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Tiny Particles Carrying Myelin Antigens Seen to Restore Immune Tolerance in MS Mice Model Researchers managed to change the immune system ā replacing inflammation with immune tolerance ā in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS) using so-called quantum dots, orĀ nano-sized particles carryingĀ pieces of myelin. Experiments with this advanced technological solution may helpĀ researchers design MS therapies that are based on promoting regulatory T-cells rather…
March 10, 2017 News by Ćzge Ćzkaya, PhD Researchers Rewire Immune System to Treat MS, Type 1 Diabetes, Other Autoimmune Diseases Researchers managed to retrain the immune system to ignore antigens that trigger an autoimmune reaction. This approach alleviated the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and type 1 diabetes in a mouse model.