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Immune Cells Exploit a Neural Circuit to Enter the CNS

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http://211.144.68.84:9998/91keshi/Public/File/42/148-3/pdf/1-s2.0-S0092867412000918-main.pdf

Kevin J. Tracey1,*

1Laboratory of Biomedical Science, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA

DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2012.01.025

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with the appearance of autoreactive T cells in the central
nervous system. Using a mouse model of MS, Arima et al. now show that this attack begins at
a specific spinal cord location. T cell entry into the CNS is regulated by a reflex neural circuit
originating from leg muscle contractions.