multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune disease in which auto-reactive t cells react with self-antigens expressed in the central nervous system (cns). the main cause of ms is unknown. nonetheless, the most probable theory is based on molecular mimicry, which suggests that some infections can activate t cells against brain auto-antigens like myelin proteolipid protein (plp) and initiate the dis...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. the aim of this study was to investigate the neuroprotective effects of transplanted human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stromal cells (ucb-msc) derived neural progenitor cell (mdnpc) in eae, an experimental model of ms. to initiate neuronal differentiation of ucb-mscs, the pre-inductio...

several religions recommend periods of fasting. one of the most frequently asked questions of ms patients before the holy month of ramadan is weather fasting might have an unfavorable effect on their disease course. this debate became more challenging after the publication of experimental studies suggesting that calorie restriction prior to disease induction attenuates disease severity. we cond...

background and objectives: multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. this is due to migration of peripherally activated lymphocytes to central nervous system leading to inflammatory lesions. however, liver has an anti-inflammatory microenvironment. myelin expression in the liver of transgenic mice suppresses inflammatory lesions within central nervous system. ...

background: experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (eae) is an animal model of multiple sclerosis, which is a demyelinating and an inflammatory disease of central nervous system. recent studies have established that some molecules such as lipocaline2 (lcn2), which expresses during inflammatory conditions, play an important role in eae pathogenesis and might involve in its treatment process. r...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is known as a progressive central nervous system inflammatory disease. certain factors, such as interleukins, inflammatory cells, and oxidative stress are supposed to involve in ms etiology. because of the important role of oxidative stress, antioxidant therapy for ms has received more attention. although coenzyme q10 (coq10) acts as an antioxidant, there is ...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune inflammatory, demyelinating disease of human central nervous system. experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (eae) is the commonly used animal model of ms. calorie restriction has been found to reduce inflammation and autoimmune responses and promote neuroprotection. in this study we evaluated the effects of intermittent feeding protocol of the calorie...

[This corrects the article on p. 39 in vol. 5, PMID: 19513333.].