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| | [Frontiers in Bioscience 2, d197-206, May 1, 1997] |
 | | Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), which is produced by many cell types including macrophages and T cells, also inhibits generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates (58,59), especially in synergy with IL-10 (43,57,60), and is hypothesized to play a critical role in resolution of inflammatory lesions in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (61-63). |
 | | The role of contact-dependent signaling in the development of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis has been shown dramatically using transgenic B10.PL mice expressing the T cell receptor reactive with the encephalitogenic peptide (Ac1-11) of myelin basic protein. |
 | | The studies on experimenal allergic encephalomyelitis to date strongly support critical roles for CD40 and TNF-alpha (CD40-induced?) in the pathogenesis of sclerotic lesions and for TGF-beta in remission of the inflammatory episode. |
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