Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3064931 Journal of Neuroimmunology 2008 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

Xenotransplantation of rat bone marrow cells (BMC) into immunodeficient (SCID) mice generates chimeric mice susceptible to paralytic autoimmune CNS inflammation. Herein, we identified a disease relevant subset of transplantable BMC lacking expression of CD11b/c and CD49d. Moreover, disease susceptibility was enhanced in the presence of non-myelin specific T-cells. Only the CD11b/c negative population of BM retained the capability to populate the blood, spleen and spinal cord of recipients and matured after transplant to express CD11b/c. These results indicate non-myelin T cells in combination with integrin negative BM represent pre-pathogenic determinants of an enhanced disease susceptibility to myelin reactive T cells.

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