Identification of differentially expressed proteins in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) by proteomic

Tong Liu1, K Christian Donahue, Jun Hu

  • 1Center for Advanced Proteomics Research and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Cancer Center, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA.

The present study used isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) to identify novel targets in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model of multiple sclerosis. The expression of 41 proteins was significantly altered in the inflamed spinal cord. Twenty of these are implicated in EAE for the first time and many have previously been shown to play a role in antigen processing, inflammation, neuroprotection, or neurodegeneration.

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