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标题：The Role of Death Domains Superfamily in Multiple Sclerosis Pathogenesis
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作者：Kabir M. Hamid ; Abbas Mirshafiey
期刊名称：Open Access Library Journal
印刷版ISSN：2333-9705
电子版ISSN：2333-9721
出版年度：2015
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：1-11
DOI：10.4236/oalib.1101210
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Pub
摘要：Multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), are inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), mediated by several immune cells. Oligodendrocytes are responsible for the formation and maintenance of myelin around multiple axons. In MS oligodendrocytes are the targets of inflammatory and immune attacks. Thus, the destruction of a single oligodendrocyte, possibly by apoptosis, results in the loss of myelin around several axons and the loss of many oligodendrocytes limiting the ability to repair or regenerate demyelinated areas. Apoptosis is mediated by an aggregation of various protein components, specifically death domains (DD) superfamily. This superfamily is composed of the death domain (DD), the death effector domain (DED), the caspase recruitment domain (CARD) and the pyrin domain (PYD) subfamilies. Within each subfamily, members form homotypic interactions and facilitate the assembly of oligomeric signaling complexes. Members of the death domain superfamily are critical components of apoptotic and inflammatory signaling. We summarize the structure and functions of the DD superfamily, and describe the role of the DD proteins in oligodendrocytes death and proinflammatory activation in MS pathogenesis.
关键词：Multiple SclerosisDeath DomainOligodendrocytesInflammationApoptosis