Protein co-expression with axonal injury in multiple sclerosis plaques.

Damage to axons in acute multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions is now well established but the mechanisms of this damage remain obscure. Here we have applied a panel of antibodies that identify cell populations and proteins contained in them with a view to detecting those cells and proteins that are local...

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Main Authors: Diaz-Sanchez, M, Williams, K, DeLuca, G, Esiri, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006
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author Diaz-Sanchez, M
Williams, K
DeLuca, G
Esiri, M
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description Damage to axons in acute multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions is now well established but the mechanisms of this damage remain obscure. Here we have applied a panel of antibodies that identify cell populations and proteins contained in them with a view to detecting those cells and proteins that are localised particularly closely to damaged axons in acute, sub-acute and border-active MS plaques. Results are expressed semi-quantitatively and graphs produced that show that many of the markers show enhanced expression at sites of axon damage. However, the sharpest increase in expression in relation to axon damage was seen for Calpain I (micro-calpain), inducible nitric oxide synthase and MMP-2, suggesting that these proteins may form part of a group of proteins responsible for the initiation of myelin and/or axon damage seen in MS lesions.
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spelling oxford-uuid:5bcc4ade-7581-4af8-a726-8dd5e30ce8982022-03-26T17:24:11ZProtein co-expression with axonal injury in multiple sclerosis plaques.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:5bcc4ade-7581-4af8-a726-8dd5e30ce898EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2006Diaz-Sanchez, MWilliams, KDeLuca, GEsiri, MDamage to axons in acute multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions is now well established but the mechanisms of this damage remain obscure. Here we have applied a panel of antibodies that identify cell populations and proteins contained in them with a view to detecting those cells and proteins that are localised particularly closely to damaged axons in acute, sub-acute and border-active MS plaques. Results are expressed semi-quantitatively and graphs produced that show that many of the markers show enhanced expression at sites of axon damage. However, the sharpest increase in expression in relation to axon damage was seen for Calpain I (micro-calpain), inducible nitric oxide synthase and MMP-2, suggesting that these proteins may form part of a group of proteins responsible for the initiation of myelin and/or axon damage seen in MS lesions.
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Protein co-expression with axonal injury in multiple sclerosis plaques.
title Protein co-expression with axonal injury in multiple sclerosis plaques.
title_full Protein co-expression with axonal injury in multiple sclerosis plaques.
title_fullStr Protein co-expression with axonal injury in multiple sclerosis plaques.
title_full_unstemmed Protein co-expression with axonal injury in multiple sclerosis plaques.
title_short Protein co-expression with axonal injury in multiple sclerosis plaques.
title_sort protein co expression with axonal injury in multiple sclerosis plaques
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