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Human central nervous system astrocytes support survival and activation of B cells: implications for MS pathogenesis

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-018-1136-2

Published Online: 2018-04-19

Published Print: 2018-12

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Touil, Hanane

Kobert, Antonia

Lebeurrier, Nathalie

Rieger, Aja

Saikali, Philippe

Lambert, Caroline

Fawaz, Lama

Moore, Craig S.

Prat, Alexandre

Gommerman, Jennifer

Antel, Jack P.

Itoyama, Yasuto

Nakashima, Ichiro

Bar-Or, Amit
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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Article History

Received: 8 January 2018

Accepted: 22 March 2018

First Online: 19 April 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: All healthy control and multiple sclerosis participants provided informed consent in accordance to the declaration of Helsinki, as part of a protocol approved by the Ethics Review Board (ERB) of the Montréal Neurological Institute (MNI).

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: A.B.-O receives research funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Foundation, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Melissa and Paul Anderson Chair in Neuroinflammation.A.B.-O has participated as a speaker in meetings sponsored by and received consulting fees and/or grant support from Atara Biotherapeutics, Biogen Idec, Celgene/Receptos, Genentech/Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, Medimmune, Merck/EMD Serono, Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme.

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