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by Tudor Toma

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Can NK cells maintain the remission of MS?

Email: Tudor Toma - ttoma@mail.dntis.ro
News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010316-02

Published

16 March 2001

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a Th1-mediated autoimmune disease characterised by relapses followed by clinically stable remissions. A new hypothesis suggests that regulatory immune cells may play an active part not only in relapses but also in maintaining the remission of MS. In the Journal of Clinical Investigation (published online ahead of print), Takahashi et al provide the first evidence of a role for natural killer (NK) cells in the remission of MS (J Clin Invest 2001, 107:R23-R29).

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