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 Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis Linked to Multiple Sclerosis
 
 

PLOS ONE Association of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis with Multiple Sclerosis in Sardinian Patients Davide Cossu1, Eleonora Cocco2, Daniela Paccagnini1, Speranza Masala1, Niyaz Ahmed3,4, Jessica Frau2, Maria Giovanna Marrosu2, Leonardo A. Sechi1*.......................Abstract Top Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection is highly spread in the ruminant herds of Sardinia, in the Western Mediterranean. The objective of this study was to investigate prevalence of MAP infection in association with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) using clinical specimen from patients and controls. We analyzed samples for the presence of MAP specific DNA and to demonstrate humoral response to a MAP protein (MAP2694), a predicted homologue of the T-cell receptor gamma-chain/complement component 1 of the host. We found presence of MAP DNA in 42% of the MS patients and an extremely significant humoral immune response revealed by the MS patients against the MAP protein. In our opinion, this is the first report that significantly associates MAP infection with MS. Further studies will be required to confirm if MAP could be one of the triggers of MS, according to the molecular mimicry theory, in susceptible (and genetically at risk) individuals. To see the full article, download top left corner

 

 

multiple sclerosis international federation 2011 Apr 13......................Association of Mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis with Multiple Sclerosis in Sardinian Patients summary: In an interesting look at the association between Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection and multiple sclerosis (MS), the authors tested MS patients and controls for MAP DNA as well as immune response to MAP. They found MAP DNA in 42% of the MS patients and an extremely significant humoral immune response revealed by the MS patients against the MAP protein. The authors suggest that there may be an association between the pathogen and MS in this area with relatively high MAP infection. authors: Cossu D, Cocco E, Paccagnini D, Masala S, Ahmed N, Frau J, Marrosu MG, Sechi LA. source: PLoS One. 2011 Apr 13;6(4):e18482. weblink: click here category: Epidemiology

 

 

Pub Med: Association of Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis. Is there a common background? Purrmann J, Arendt G, Cleveland S, Borchard F, Fürst W, Gemsa R, Bertrams J, Hengels KJ. SourceDepartment of Gastroenterology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, F.R.G. Abstract Crohn's disease (CD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) share familial occurrence and similar epidemiological traits. Apart from one report of both diseases occurring among consanguineous relatives, only three cases of CD and MS in the same patient have thus far been described. We describe here a 29-year-old woman in whom MS developed in 1983 and CD in 1989. The MS may have been the result of a strongly HLA-associated genetic predisposition, while the additional development of CD may have been due either to genetic factors or perhaps simply to chance. Viewing this case in the context of epidemiological data, however, we suggest that the development of CD and MS is based on one or more common genetic factors acting in conjunction with other presumably exogenous factors and triggering HLA antigens to lead to one disease or the other.

 

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Neuroimmunologists find gut bacteria link to multiple sclerosis October 27, 2011 by Bob Yirka......(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology have found that commensal gut flora in mice is an essential part of the immune triggering process that leads to multiple sclerosis (MS)

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 




 

 












 


 


   
 

 Disclaimer:
MAP-Canada does not advocate a particular cause of Crohn's disease.  Our website is intended only to present evidence.  Our readers may draw their own conclusions.  We are not medical specialists and do not offer any treatment or nutritional advice.  Our mission is not to lay blame on any individual or industry, but rather to urge the Government of Canada to address the evidence presented on this site.

Mise au Point:
MAP-Canada ne recommande aucune théorie particulière sur la cause de la maladie de Crohn.L'intente de notre site Web est simplement de présenter certaineévidence mais vous pouvez arriver à vos propres conclusions.Nous ne pouvons donner de conseils de nature médicale ou alimentaire. Notre mission ne consiste aucunement à blâmer un individuou une industrie mais plutôt à s'assurer que le Gouvernement du Canada aborde l'évidence que nous présenton

 

  

MAP-Canada would like to extend a very sincere thank you to Yanik Chicoine at www.mirweb.com of Montreal for his generosity and assitance in hosting and the mounting of this site.

MAP-Canada aimerait remercier sincerement Yanik Chicoine a www.mirweb.com de Montreal pour sons générosité et leur assistance pour l'hébergement et la programation du site