Beneficial or Harmful Role of Macrophages in Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Experimental Autoimmune Neuritis

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an immune-mediated demyelinating peripheral neuropathy, is characterized by acute weakness of the extremities and areflexia or hyporeflexia. Experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN) is a common animal model for GBS, which represents a CD4+ T cell-mediated inflammatory au...

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Main Authors: Donghui Shen, Fengna Chu, Yue Lang, Yunlong Geng, Xiangyu Zheng, Jie Zhu, Kangding Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4286364