In mice, gut cells helped start an MS-like disease

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In mice, cells lining the gut helped start an MS-like disease by activating immune cells that later reached the spinal cord.

What They Found

In mice with an MS-like disease, cells lining the gut showed more activity linked to setting off immune responses. Gut cells from people with MS showed similar changes. In both groups, these changes were linked to a buildup of immune cells in the gut. When researchers removed a key immune function from the gut lining in mice, fewer harmful immune cells formed and disease was less severe. Other experiments showed that immune cells activated in the gut traveled to the spinal cord.

Who Should Care and Why

This study examined mice with an MS-like disease, as well as gut cells from people with MS. The mouse experiments explored how the gut lining might help start immune attacks on the nervous system. The findings in human gut cells showed similar immune changes. The abstract does not say how many people with MS were studied. The disease findings came from mice, not a treatment study in people.

Important Considerations

You should know that most experiments used mice or cells grown in the lab. You cannot tell from this study whether the gut lining starts MS in people. You also cannot tell whether changing gut cells would help people with MS.

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