Premium
Does salt exacerbate multiple sclerosis?
Author(s) -
Takeuchi Hideyuki
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical and experimental neuroimmunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 1759-1961
DOI - 10.1111/cen3.12016
Subject(s) - experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis , multiple sclerosis , immunology , salt (chemistry) , medicine , encephalomyelitis , neuroscience , biology , chemistry
Abstract Two reports published in Nature provided provocative data implicating “salt” as an important exacerbating factor in the development of autoimmune diseases. High‐salt conditions enhanced the differentiation of pathogenic interleukin‐17‐producing helper T cells and accelerated the pathology of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mice.