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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The role of antibodies in paraproteinaemic and inflammatory peripheral neuropathies

Lunn, Michael Peter Thomas January 2002 (has links)
No description available.
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Pathogenesis of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in DBA/1 mice /

Abdul-Majid, Khairul-Bariah, January 1900 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2002. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.
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Modulation of immune responses in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis /

Wållberg, Maja, January 2005 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2005. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.
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Expression and stability of myelin-associated elements

Päiväläinen-Jalonen, S. (Satu) 25 September 2007 (has links)
Abstract The function of the nervous system is based on the targeted transmission of electrical impulses assuring the coordinated function of tissues and organs. Myelination of the neuronal axons allows the fast saltatory conduction by producing repetitive sites where sodium channels cluster on the axolemma. In the peripheral nervous system (PNS), myelin is formed by differentiation of the Schwann cell plasma membrane. The cells form myelin by first wrapping consecutive layers of the plasma membrane around the axons and then excluding almost all of the cytoplasm from the structure, forming compacted and non-compacted membrane compartments. The myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) is located in all of the non-compacted regions of the PNS myelin sheath. Its two isoforms, L-MAG and S-MAG, differ only by the carboxy-terminal tails of their respective cytoplasmic domains. Both of the MAG isoforms are found in PNS myelin. They are differentially expressed during development and, until now, it has been thought that L-MAG is not present in the mature PNS myelin sheaths of murines. This study shows that both MAG isoforms can be found in different non-compacted membrane compartments in the mature PNS myelin sheaths in dorsal root ganglia (DRG)/Schwann cell cocultures. Early myelin development and myelin maturation were analyzed by means of a study of the expression of two early myelin markers, MAG and galactosyl cerebrosides (Gal-CB), believed to play roles in both myelin formation and maintenance. In order to allow the exploitation of the full potential of the DRG/Schwann cell coculture model through the use of mouse mutants, a coculture method was developed in which mouse DRGs and Schwann cells are able, for the first time, to produce significant amounts of myelin. To further explore the role of MAG in myelin maintenance and stability, the stability of purified MAG was studied through extensive degradation experiments.
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Characterization of Eae4 and Eae19-22 in autoimmune neuroinflammation /

Nohra, Rita. January 2006 (has links)
Lic.-avh. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2006. / Härtill 3 uppsatser.
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Rôles du récepteur aux hydrocarbures aromatiques (AhR) dans la structure de la myéline du système nerveux central de la souris / Roles of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in the myelin structure of the murine central nervous system

Juricek, Ludmila 23 November 2015 (has links)
Le récepteur aux hydrocarbures aromatiques (AhR) est un facteur de transcription activé par de nombreux xénobiotiques (molécules étrangères à l’organisme) qui régule l’expression d’enzymes et transporteurs permettant le métabolisme et l’élimination de ces ligands. Cette protéine exprimée dans toutes les cellules chez les vertébrés, joue un rôle majeur dans la détoxication et la protection des organismes vis à vis des molécules toxiques. Des orthologues de celle-ci ont été identifiés chez les invertébrés mais ne semblent pas jouer le même rôle; ils sont exprimés principalement dans des neurones et ne sont pas activés par des polluants. L’absence du AhR chez ces organismes entraîne au niveau cellulaire, des défauts de morphologie dendritique et sur le plan comportemental, des anomalies dans le comportement de nutrition. Malgré ces découvertes, peu de recherches ont été entreprises sur les conséquences d’une invalidation du AhR sur le fonctionnement du système nerveux central chez les vertébrés. Au cours de ma thèse, j’ai étudié ces conséquences au niveau moléculaire, cellulaire et comportemental: les souris AhR KO développent un nystagmus pendulaire horizontal dont l’origine est en partie liée à des défauts structuraux de la gaine de myéline. Au niveau moléculaire, nous avons mis en évidence un changement de la composition lipidique, de l’expression des gènes de la myéline et de l’inflammation, défauts qui sont retrouvés en partie chez des souris dont le AhR a été invalidé spécifiquement dans l’oligodendrocyte, la cellule responsable de la formation de la gaine de myéline. J’ai donc réalisé des études en parallèle sur la lignée murine d’oligodendrocyte, 158N, et montré que l’invalidation du AhR dans cette lignée ainsi que in vivo, modifiait l’expression du gène MAG (Myelin Associated Glycoprotein). Compte tenu du rôle du AhR en tant que récepteur de polluants, nous avons également exposé ou traité nos modèles avec de la TCDD (dioxine de Seveso) et montré que celle-ci modifiait également l’expression du gène MAG. Mes travaux démontrent donc que le AhR joue un rôle au niveau oligodendrocytaire dans la formation de la gaine de myéline. Son rôle connu en tant que récepteur de polluants laisse supposer que certaines contaminations environnementales pourraient jouer un rôle dans l’incidence de pathologies au niveau du système nerveux central, ce qui soulève de nombreuses questions en terme de santé publique. / The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a transcription factor activated by many xenobiotics (foreign molecules) that regulates the expression of enzymes and transporters which allow the metabolism and elimination of these ligands. This protein expressed in all cells in vertebrates, plays a major role in detoxication and protection of the organisms against toxic molecules. Some orthologs have been identified in invertebrates but do not seem to play the same role; they are expressed mainly in neurons and are not activated by pollutants. The absence of the AhR in these organisms causes at the cellular level, defects of the dendritic morphology and behaviourally, abnormalities in the feeding behavior. Despite these findings, little research has been conducted on the consequences of the AhR invalidation in the central nervous system of vertebrates. During my PhD, I studied these consequences at the molecular, cellular and behavioral : the AhR knockout mice develop a horizontal pendular nystagmus whose origin is partly related to structural defects in the myelin sheath. At the molecular level, we have shown modifications in the lipid composition, myelin and inflammation gene expression, defects that are found partly in mice whose AhR was invalidated specifically in the oligodendrocytes, the cells involved in myelin sheath formation. I therefore made parallel studies on the murine oligodendrocyte lineage, 158N, and showed that the invalidation of the AhR in this cell line and in vivo, altered MAG (Myelin Associated Glycoprotein) gene expression. Given the role of the AhR as a receptor of pollutants, we have also exposed or treated our models with TCDD (dioxin of Seveso) and showed that it also changed the expression of MAG gene. My works show that the AhR is involved in oligodendrocyte level in the formation of the myelin sheath. As the AhR is also a receptor of pollutants, some environmental contaminants may play a role in the incidence of diseases in the central nervous system, which raises many issues in terms of public health.
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Studies of cellular pathogenesis in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis /

Wefer, Judit, January 2004 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2004. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.
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T cell determinants of central nervous system autoimmune disease /

Stromnes, Ingunn Margarete, January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-167).

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