1. The role of Toll-like receptors in multiple sclerosis and possible targeting for therapeutic purposes
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Nima Rezaei, Maziar Gooshe, Amir Hossein Abdolghaffari, and Maria Elsa Gambuzza
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Autoimmune disease ,Multiple Sclerosis ,business.industry ,General Neuroscience ,Multiple sclerosis ,Toll-Like Receptors ,Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,Pathogenesis ,Immune system ,Immunology ,TLR3 ,Animals ,Humans ,Immunologic Factors ,Medicine ,business ,Receptor ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
The interaction between the immune and nervous systems suggests invaluable mechanisms for several pathological conditions, especially neurodegenerative disorders. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially disabling chronic autoimmune disease, characterized by chronic inflammation and neurodegenerative pathology of the central nervous system. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are an important family of receptors involved in host defense and in recognition of invading pathogens. The role of TLRs in the pathogenesis of autoimmune disorders such as MS is only starting to be uncovered. Recent studies suggest an ameliorative role of TLR3 and a detrimental role of other TLRs in the onset and progression of MS and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, a murine model of MS. Thus, modulating TLRs can represent an innovative immunotherapeutic approach in MS therapy. This article outlines the role of these TLRs in MS, also discussing TLR-targeted agonist or antagonists that could be used in the different stages of the disease.
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- 2014
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