Study:
Memory B Cells Activate Brain-Homing, Autoreactive CD4+ T Cells in Multiple Sclerosis
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867418310274
News Article:
How B-cells Work to Promote T-cell Attacks on Myelin That Lead to MS Detailed in Study...
Ron Davis has been awarded several million dollars by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to "uncover the immunological basis of ME" by examining T cell activity and related genetic factors, and by hunting for pathogens. The project start date is this month, and the end...
The latest update from OMF, about 9 minutes long.
Summary:
Their interest is T lymphocytes, which are prime movers of the immune system and come in several different flavours. They have been studying them for 35 years.
Have seen evidence of major T cell activity in the blood of ME/CFS...
Another nail in the coffin of MUS-type designations...
The article,https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-chance-discovery-links-inflammatory-bowel.amp
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)30568-3
Full paper here, http://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/j.cell.2018.04.037
Posting this for those interested in Lyme disease, and for its general possible relevance for joint issues.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180205223555.htm
The paper, http://www.jimmunol.org/content/200/4/1457
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