The role of Epstein-Barr virus in multiple sclerosis: From molecular pathophysiology to in vivo imaging

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 373-386

  Guan, Yi ^a   Jakimovski, Dejan ^a   Ramanathan, Murali ^a,b   Weinstock Guttman, Bianca ^a   Zivadinov, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

B cells; Epstein Barr virus; human endogeneous retrovirus W; leptomeningeal contrast enhancement; magnetic resonance imaging; meningeal inflammation; mononucleosis; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIFEDIOL; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN 2; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA B7 ANTIGEN; NATALIZUMAB; OCRELIZUMAB; OFATUMUMAB; OXYSTEROL; PROTEIN C MYB; RITUXIMAB; TERIFLUNOMIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN; VITAMIN D;

ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMAGING; LESION VOLUME; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MONONUCLEOSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERMEABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 85058669735     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.245462     Document Type: Review

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