1997
Oral Administration of Myelin Induces Antigen‐specific TGF‐β1 Secreting T Cells in Patients with Multiple Sclerosisa
HAFLER D, KENT S, PIETRUSEWICZ M, KHOURY S, WEINER H, FUKAURA H. Oral Administration of Myelin Induces Antigen‐specific TGF‐β1 Secreting T Cells in Patients with Multiple Sclerosisa. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 1997, 835: 120-131. PMID: 9616767, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48623.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisT cellsAutoimmune diseasesOral administrationT cell linesNon-treated MS patientsPLP-reactive T cellsTh1-type autoimmune diseaseShort-term T cell linesCell-mediated autoimmune diseaseOriginal T cell cloneSystemic immune toleranceExperimental autoimmune diseasesNon-treated patientsRegulatory T cellsRelapsing-remitting patientsIFN-gamma secretionT cell clonesCell linesMultiple sclerosisAOral tolerizationOral toleranceMS patientsAutoimmune cascadeImmune tolerance
1996
Induction of circulating myelin basic protein and proteolipid protein-specific transforming growth factor-beta1-secreting Th3 T cells by oral administration of myelin in multiple sclerosis patients.
Fukaura H, Kent SC, Pietrusewicz MJ, Khoury SJ, Weiner HL, Hafler DA. Induction of circulating myelin basic protein and proteolipid protein-specific transforming growth factor-beta1-secreting Th3 T cells by oral administration of myelin in multiple sclerosis patients. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1996, 98: 70-77. PMID: 8690806, PMCID: PMC507402, DOI: 10.1172/jci118779.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyelin basic proteinT cellsOral administrationAutoimmune diseasesTetanus toxoidT cell linesMS patientsMultiple sclerosisProteolipid proteinFrequency of MBPNon-treated MS patientsPLP-reactive T cellsTh1-type autoimmune diseaseShort-term T cell linesCell-mediated autoimmune diseaseRelapsing-remitting MS patientsOriginal T cell cloneSpecific IFN-gammaSystemic immune toleranceExperimental autoimmune diseasesRegulatory T cellsReactive T cellsIFN-gamma secretionMultiple sclerosis patientsT cell clones