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For example, this agent is a potent inhibitor of microglia, the macrophage-like cells in the central nervous system [ 47 48 49 ] and shown to be effective in reducing the symptoms of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model for the human disease multiple sclerosis [ 50 ] . Together, these results suggest that this agent may be useful in preventing ocular diseases that result from oxidative stress or inflammation.
The cases in question both occur in Micronesia: a concentration of congenital achromatopsia on Pingelap, one of the Caroline Islands; and the occurrence among a stratum of the population of Guam of a disease called lytico-bodig, which can take forms resembling Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ("Lou Gehrig's disease"), or Alzheimer's disease--or two or all three in combination.
We therefore performed a comprehensive analysis of X-chromosome inactivation patterns in populations of females with multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, and in female control individuals.
DNA was obtained from female patients from the following sources: 45 persons with juvenile diabetes seen at the Virginia Mason Research Center in Seattle, Washington; 58 multiple sclerosis patients seen at the New York Hospital Multiple Sclerosis Center; 46 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus seen at the Hospital for Special Surgery (New York); 18 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis seen at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cleveland.
Apoptotic bodies were noted particularly in areas of glomerular sclerosis and in dilated tubules.
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