Inflammation Can Hijack Brain Repair Cells to Ramp Up Immune Attacks in MS, Researchers Report
September 04, 2019
September 04, 2019
NEW YORK, Sept. 4 -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news:
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- Johns Hopkins researchers and collaborators have traced abnormal activity of immature brain cells called "OPCs," which normally spring into action to repair nerve-insulating myelin after it is damaged by immune system attacks in MS.
- The team reports that under inflammatory conditions such as what occurs in MS, the OPCs can be hijacked to act as immune . . .
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- Johns Hopkins researchers and collaborators have traced abnormal activity of immature brain cells called "OPCs," which normally spring into action to repair nerve-insulating myelin after it is damaged by immune system attacks in MS.
- The team reports that under inflammatory conditions such as what occurs in MS, the OPCs can be hijacked to act as immune . . .