Immunophenotypic characterization of CSF B cells in virus-associated neuroinflammatory diseases.

Intrathecal antibody synthesis is a well-documented phenomenon in infectious neurological diseases as well as in demyelinating diseases, but little is known about the role of B cells in the central nervous systems. We examined B cell and T cell immunophenotypes in CSF of patients with HTLV-1-associa...

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Main Authors: Yoshimi Enose-Akahata, Shila Azodi, Bryan R Smith, Bridgette Jeanne Billioux, Ashley Vellucci, Nyater Ngouth, Yuetsu Tanaka, Joan Ohayon, Irene Cortese, Avindra Nath, Steven Jacobson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5945224?pdf=render