Myelin lesions in the rabbit eye model as a bystander effect of herpes simplex and visna virus sensitization

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Krister Kristensson1, Halldor Thormar2, Henryk M. Wisniewski2
1Department of Pathology II, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
2Institut for Basic Research in Mental Retardation, Staten Island, USA

Tóm tắt

Rabbits were immunized with herpes simplex and visna virus in complete Freund's adjuvant. Uv-inactivated herpes virus and the purified visna virus protein p 25 injected intraocularly into these rabbits elicited a moderate inflammatory cell infiltration in the epiretinal myelinated nerve fiber bundles accompanied by signs of demyelination. It is therefore apparent that also viral antigen can induce myelin lesions as a socalled “bystander effect” of a cell-mediated immune response (bystander demyelination).

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