Ultraviolet light eased MS-like illness in some mice
Key Takeaway
Ultraviolet light eased MS-like illness in mice, but not when certain skin immune cells could not respond to it.
What They Found
Researchers exposed mice with an MS-like illness to UV-B (a type of ultraviolet light). The light eased illness symptoms in mice whose skin immune cells could respond to it. It did not have this effect in mice that lacked the needed response. In responding mice, cells that help calm immune activity increased. The researchers also found that the light changed how certain skin immune cells behaved.
Who Should Care and Why
This study was in mice with an MS-like illness, not people with MS. It examined how ultraviolet light affects immune activity during that illness. The results point to a role for immune cells in the skin. Those cells helped explain why the light eased illness in some mice but not others. The abstract also mentions an earlier observation in people with MS, but this study tested the process in mice.
Important Considerations
You cannot tell from this mouse study whether ultraviolet light would ease MS symptoms in people. The abstract does not give the number of mice studied. It does not report a new treatment test in people with MS.
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