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Gammaherpesvirus Latency Accentuates EAE Pathogenesis: Relevance to Epstein-Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been identified as a putative environmental trigger of multiple sclerosis (MS), yet EBV's role in MS remains elusive. We utilized murine gamma herpesvirus 68 (γHV-68), the murine homolog to EBV, to examine how infection by a virus like EBV could enhance CNS autoimmu...

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Autores principales: Casiraghi, Costanza, Shanina, Iryna, Cho, Sehyun, Freeman, Michael L., Blackman, Marcia A., Horwitz, Marc S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22615572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002715