scholarly journals Targeting innate immunity for neurodegenerative disorders of the central nervous system

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (5) ◽  
pp. 653-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin I. Andreasson ◽  
Adam D. Bachstetter ◽  
Marco Colonna ◽  
Florent Ginhoux ◽  
Clive Holmes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Innate Immunity ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Neurodegenerative Disorders ◽  
The Central Nervous System

scholarly journals Innate Immunity in the Central Nervous System: A Missing Piece of the Autoimmune Encephalitis Puzzle?

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robb Wesselingh ◽  
Helmut Butzkueven ◽  
Katherine Buzzard ◽  
David Tarlinton ◽  
Terence J. O'Brien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Innate Immunity ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Autoimmune Encephalitis ◽  
System A ◽  
The Central Nervous System

The Neuroimmune Interface in Prion Diseases

Physiology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 250-255
Author(s):  
Michael A. Klein ◽  
Adriano Aguzzi
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Immune System ◽  
Prion Disease ◽  
Neurodegenerative Disorders ◽  
Prion Diseases ◽  
The Central Nervous System

Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders of animals and humans. Here we address the role of the immune system in the spread of prions from peripheral sites to the central nervous system and its potential relevance to iatrogenic prion disease.

scholarly journals HIV life cycle, innate immunity and autophagy in the central nervous system

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 565-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly A. Meulendyke ◽  
Joshua D. Croteau ◽  
M. Christine Zink
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Innate Immunity ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
The Central Nervous System

scholarly journals Modulation of the Complement System by Neoplastic Disease of the Central Nervous System

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven K. Yarmoska ◽  
Ali M. Alawieh ◽  
Stephen Tomlinson ◽  
Kimberly B. Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Innate Immunity ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Adaptive Immunity ◽  
Complement System ◽  
Neoplastic Disease ◽  
Innate And Adaptive Immunity ◽  
Neoplastic Diseases ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
The Complement System

The complement system is a highly conserved component of innate immunity that is involved in recognizing and responding to pathogens. The system serves as a bridge between innate and adaptive immunity, and modulation of the complement system can affect the entire host immune response to a foreign insult. Neoplastic diseases have been shown to engage the complement system in order to evade the immune system, gain a selective growth advantage, and co-opt the surrounding environment for tumor proliferation. Historically, the central nervous system has been considered to be an immune-privileged environment, but it is now clear that there are active roles for both innate and adaptive immunity within the central nervous system. Much of the research on the role of immunological modulation of neoplastic disease within the central nervous system has focused on adaptive immunity, even though innate immunity still plays a critical role in the natural history of central nervous system neoplasms. Here, we review the modulation of the complement system by a variety of neoplastic diseases of the central nervous system. We also discuss gaps in the current body of knowledge and comment on future directions for investigation.

scholarly journals Innate Immunity to Pneumococcal Infection of the Central Nervous System Depends on Toll‐Like Receptor (TLR) 2 and TLR4

2008 ◽  
Vol 198 (7) ◽  
pp. 1028-1036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Klein ◽  
Bianca Obermaier ◽  
Barbara Angele ◽  
Hans‐Walter Pfister ◽  
Hermann Wagner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Innate Immunity ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Pneumococcal Infection ◽  
Toll Like Receptor ◽  
The Central Nervous System

scholarly journals Postmortem Quantitative Analysis of Prion Seeding Activity in the Digestive System

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (24) ◽  
pp. 4601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuya Satoh ◽  
Takayuki Fuse ◽  
Toshiaki Nonaka ◽  
Trong Dong ◽  
Masaki Takao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Prion Protein ◽  
Neurodegenerative Disorders ◽  
Digestive System ◽  
Prion Diseases ◽  
Jakob Disease ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Almost All

Human prion diseases are neurodegenerative disorders caused by prion protein. Although infectivity was historically detected only in the central nervous system and lymphoreticular tissues of patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, recent reports suggest that the seeding activity of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease prions accumulates in various non-neuronal organs including the liver, kidney, and skin. Therefore, we reanalyzed autopsy samples collected from patients with sporadic and genetic human prion diseases and found that seeding activity exists in almost all digestive organs. Unexpectedly, activity in the esophagus reached a level of prion seeding activity close to that in the central nervous system in some CJD patients, indicating that the safety of endoscopic examinations should be reconsidered.

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