Interferon-β therapy specifically reduces pathogenic memory B cells in multiple sclerosis patients by inducing a FAS-mediated apoptosis.

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Published in Immunol Cell Biol on June 06, 2016

Authors

Fabiana Rizzo1, Elena Giacomini1, Rosella Mechelli2, Maria Chiara Buscarinu2, Marco Salvetti2, Martina Severa1, Eliana Marina Coccia1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Disease, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
2: Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapies (CENTERS), S Andrea Hospital Site, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.

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