Life history of a brain autoreactive T cell: From thymus through intestine to blood-brain barrier and brain lesion.
Neurotherapeutics
; : e00442, 2024 Sep 04.
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| ID: mdl-39237437
ABSTRACT
Brain antigen-specific autoreactive T cells seem to play a key role in inducing inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS), a characteristic feature of human multiple sclerosis (MS). These T cells are generated within the thymus, where they escape negative selection and become integrated into the peripheral immune repertoire of immune cells. Typically, these autoreactive T cells rest in the periphery without attacking the CNS. When autoimmune T cells enter gut-associated lymphatic tissue (GALT), they may be stimulated by the microbiota and its metabolites. After activation, the cells migrate into the CNS through the bloodâbrain barrier, become reactivated upon interacting with local antigen-presenting cells, and induce inflammatory lesions within the brain parenchyma. This review describes how microbiota influence autoreactive T cells during their life, starting in the thymus, migrating through the periphery and inducing inflammation in their target organ, the CNS.
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MEDLINE
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En
Journal:
Neurotherapeutics
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
United States