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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Therapeutic Targeting of Immune Cell Autophagy in Multiple Sclerosis: Russian Roulette or Silver Bullet?

Guan Yang, Luc Van Kaer

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Guan YangDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States.
Luc Van KaerDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States.

Funding

Role of autophagy-related protein Vps34 in antigen presentation and self-toleranceR01AI139046 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI VAN KAER, LUC · 2019 to 2023
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NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) in which the immune system damages the protective insulation surrounding nerve fibers that project from neurons. The pathological hallmark of MS is multiple areas of myelin loss accompanied by inflammation within the CNS, resulting in loss of cognitive function that ultimately leads to paralysis. Recent studies in MS have focused on autophagy, a cellular self-eating process, as a potential target for MS treatment. Here, we review the contribution of immune cell autophagy to the pathogenesis of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the prototypic animal model of MS. A better understanding of the role of autophagy in different immune cells to EAE might inform the development of novel therapeutic approaches in MS and other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Indexed as

AutophagyAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalHumansImmunity, InnateMultiple SclerosisT-Lymphocytesautophagyexperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)immune cellsLC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP)multiple sclerosistherapy

Identifiers

PMID34531871
PMCPMC8438236

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