title: Global immune disregulation in multiple sclerosis: from the adaptive response to the innate immunity.
abstract: Increasing evidences show a global immune disregulation in multiple sclerosis (MS). The possible involvement of myelin and non-myelin (auto-)antigens in the autoaggressive process as well as the disregulation of both adaptive and innate immunity challenge the concept of specific immunotherapy. T cells at the boundary between innate and adaptive immunity, whose immunoregulatory role is becoming increasingly clear, have recently been shown to bear relevance for MS pathogenesis. Global immune interventions (and type I interferons may be considered as such) aimed at interfering with both innate and acquired immune responses seem to be a most promising therapeutic option in MS.
authors.affiliation: First Chair of Neurology, Dept. Neurosciences, Università "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ristori
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montesperelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perna
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cannoni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Battistini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borsellino
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riccio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pesole
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chersi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pozzilli
authors.forename: C
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authors.lastname: Buttinelli
authors.forename: M
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authors.lastname: Salvetti
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000276:immunology*; D015213:Neuroimmunomodulation / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology