Gut environment-induced intraepithelial autoreactive CD4+ T cells suppress central nervous system autoimmunity via LAG-3

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) involves inflammatory cell infiltration into the central nervous system (CNS) and models the human disease multiple sclerosis. Here the authors show that transferred CD4+ gut intraepithelial lymphocytes can migrate into the CNS and inhibit inflammation...

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Main Authors: Atsushi Kadowaki, Sachiko Miyake, Ryoko Saga, Asako Chiba, Hideki Mochizuki, Takashi Yamamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11639