Browsing by Author "Curtis II, Alan Dale"
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis as a model of Multiple Sclerosis : pathogenesis of atypical disease and tolerance induction in chronic progressive disease
Curtis II, Alan Dale (East Carolina University, 2015)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) of putative autoimmune origin characterized by focal inflammatory lesions together with demyelinating plaques in the ... -
The Extracellular Domain of Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Elicits Atypical Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Rat and Species
Curtis II, Alan Dale; Taslim, Najla; Reece, Shaun P.; Grebenciucova, Elena; Ray, Richard H.; Rosenbaum, Matthew D.; Wardle, Robert L.; Van Scott, Michael R.; Mannie, Mark D. (2014)Atypical models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) are advantageous in that the heterogeneity of clinical signs appears more reflective of those in multiple sclerosis (MS). Conversely, models of classical ... -
The extracellular domain of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein elicits atypical experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in rat and Macaque species
Curtis II, Alan Dale; Taslim, Najla; Reece, Shaun P.; Grebenciucova, Elena; Ray, Richard H.; Rosenbaum, Matthew D.; Wardle, Robert L.; Van Scott, Michael R.; Mannie, Mark D. (2014-10-14)Atypical models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) are advantageous in that the heterogeneity of clinical signs appears more reflective of those in multiple sclerosis (MS). Conversely, models of classical ... -
Neuroantigen-specific, tolerogenic vaccines: GM-CSF is a fusion partner that facilitates tolerance rather than immunity to dominant self-epitopes of myelin in murine models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)
Abbott, Derek J.; Blanchfield, J. Lori; Martinson, David A; Russell, Sean C; Taslim, Najla; Curtis II, Alan Dale; Mannie, Mark D (2011-12-30)BACKGROUND: Vaccination strategies that elicit antigen-specific tolerance are needed as therapies for autoimmune disease. This study focused on whether cytokine-neuroantigen (NAg) fusion proteins could inhibit disease in ... -
Neuroantigen-specific, tolerogenic vaccines: GM-CSF is a fusion partner that facilitates tolerance rather than immunity to dominant self-epitopes of myelin in murine models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)
Abbott, Derek J.; Blanchfield, J. Lori; Martinson, David A.; Russell, Sean C.; Taslim, Najla; Curtis II, Alan Dale; Mannie, Mark D. (2011)Background Vaccination strategies that elicit antigen-specific tolerance are needed as therapies for autoimmune disease. This study focused on whether cytokine-neuroantigen (NAg) fusion proteins could inhibit disease ... -
Tolerogenic vaccines for multiple sclerosis
Mannie, Mark D.; Curtis II, Alan Dale (2013-01-28)Tolerogenic vaccines represent a new class of vaccine designed to re-establish immunological tolerance, restore immune homeostasis, and thereby reverse autoimmune disease. Tolerogenic vaccines induce long-term, antigen-specific, ... -
Tolerogenic vaccines for Multiple Sclerosis
Mannie, Mark D.; Curtis II, Alan Dale (2013-05)Tolerogenic vaccines represent a new class of vaccine designed to re-establish immunological tolerance, restore immune homeostasis, and thereby reverse autoimmune disease. Tolerogenic vaccines induce long-term, antigen-specific, ...