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July 3, 1995 7:00 AM UTC
Researchers have identified a key antigenic molecule in the immune attack on the nervous system that causes multiple sclerosis.
As reported in Nature, the scientists tested the responses of primed human T cells against fractions of myelin isolated from MS brain with reversed-phase, high performance liquid chromatography. They found a highly immunogenic protein, which they identified as crystallin alpha B ( CRYAB; HSPBS), a small heat-shock protein. ...