SELECTIN IN EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

实验性变态反应性脑脊髓炎(EAE)是人类 自身免疫性疾病多发性硬化症，是由激活的 髓鞘反应性CD4T细胞。这种疾病模型背后的机制 人们对此了解甚少。选择素在进入 淋巴细胞进入淋巴器官，在那里自身反应性T- 淋巴细胞和白细胞转移到炎症部位 组织破坏发生在自身免疫中。我们将采用选择素- 以确定这些分子在EAE中的作用。我们的 初步资料表明，EAE的发生发展需要L-选择素。我们 将确定L-选择素在EAE中的性质和缺陷 L-选择素在疾病中必须表达哪些细胞群。我们会 进一步的特异性确定该条目是否需要L-选择素 炎性细胞进入中枢神经系统或其效应机制 中枢神经系统内的组织破坏。最后，我们将确定是否 EAE需要内皮选择素(E/P选择素)，如果是这样的话， 为什么。

Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a model for the human autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis, and results from the activation of myelin-reactive CD4 T cells. The mechanisms underlying this disease model are poorly understood. Selectins play a key role in the entry of lymphocytes into lymphoid organs where priming of autoreactive T- lymphocytes takes place, and leukocytes to sites of inflammation where tissue destruction occurs in autoimmunity. We will employ selectin- deficient mice to determine the role of these molecules in EAE. Our preliminary data show that L-selectin is required for EAE to develop. We will determine the nature of the L-selectin deficiently in EAE and upon which cell populations L-selectin must be expressed for disease. We will further specificity determine whether L-selectin is required for the entry of inflammatory cells into the CNS or for the effector mechanisms of tissue destruction within the CNS. Finally, we will determine whether endothelial selectins (E/P selectins) are required for EAE, and if so, why.