Cutting edge: the Y chromosome controls the age-dependent experimental allergic encephalomyelitis sexual dimorphism in SJL/J mice.

Cutting Edge Cutting Edge: The Y Chromosome Controls the Age-Dependent Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis Sexual Dimorphism in SJL/J Mice

Multiple sclerosis is a sexually dimorphic, demyelinating disease of the CNS, and experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is its principal autoimmune model. Young male SJL/J mice are relatively resistant to EAE whereas older males and SJL/J females of any age are susceptible. By comparing a wide age range of proteolipid protein peptide 139 –151 immunized mice, we found that female disease...

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www.thelancet.com Vol 379 June 30, 2012 2425 2 Lemos B, Araripe LO, Hartl DL. Polymorphic Y chromosomes harbor cryptic variation with manifold functional consequences. Science 2008; 319: 91–93. 3 Lemos B, Branco AT, Hartl DL. Epigenetic eff ects of polymorphic Y chromosomes modulate chromatin components, immune response, and sexual confl ict. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2010; 107: 15826–31. 4 Spach ...

Cutting edge: c-Kit signaling differentially regulates type 2 innate lymphoid cell accumulation and susceptibility to central nervous system demyelination in male and female SJL mice.

Multiple sclerosis preferentially affects women, and this sexual dimorphism is recapitulated in the SJL mouse model of multiple sclerosis, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). In this study, we demonstrate that signaling through c-Kit exerts distinct effects on EAE susceptibility in male and female SJL mice. Previous studies in females show that Kit mutant (W/W(v)) mice are less sus...

SJL/J Mice Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibits Induction of Cutting Edge: Antisense Knockdown of Inducible

Evidence that the Y chromosome influences autoimmune disease in male and female mice.

Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), an autoimmune model of multiple sclerosis, is a complex disease influenced by genetic, intrinsic, and environmental factors. In this study, we questioned whether parent-of-origin effects influence EAE, using reciprocal F2 intercross progeny generated between EAE-susceptible SJL/J (S) and EAE-resistant B10.S/SgMcdJ (B) mice. EAE susceptibility and s...