The astrocyte-produced growth factor HB-EGF limits autoimmune CNS pathology.

ABSTRACT: Central nervous system (CNS)-resident cells such as microglia, oligodendrocytes and astrocytes are gaining increasing attention in respect to their contribution to CNS pathologies including multiple sclerosis (MS). Several studies have demonstrated the involvement of pro-inflammatory glial subsets in the pathogenesis and propagation of inflammatory events in MS and its animal models. However, it has only recently become clear that the underlying heterogeneity of astrocytes and microglia can not only drive inflammation, but also lead to its resolution through direct and indirect mechanisms. Failure of these tissue-protective mechanisms may potentiate disease and increase the risk of conversion to progressive stages of MS, for which currently available therapies are limited. Using proteomic

SUBMITTER: Linnerbauer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10907300 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature