@conference{
editor = "Čupić, Željko, Anić, Slobodan",
author = "Milićević, Katarina and Lazarević, Milica and Momčilović, Miljana and Todorović, Nataša and Petković, Branka and Stojadinović, Gordana and Nikolić, Ljiljana",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system (CNS)
characterized by infiltration of lymphocytes that leads to myelin damage and neurodegeneration.
The complex interaction between CNS-infiltrating immune cells (CNS-IIC) and astrocytes is an
important contributor to the disease progression. Here, we investigate how naïve astrocytes respond
to autoreactive immune cells present in the CNS at different stages of the disease. For this purpose,
CNS-IICs were isolated from the spinal cords of rats with experimental autoimmune
encephalomyelitis at onset, late-onset and the peak of the disease. Naïve astrocytes, isolated from
the spinal cords of wild-type rat pups, responded to brief bath application of CNS-IIC by robust
elevation of intracellular Ca2+ independently of the disease stage. Our data suggest that direct
contact between astrocytes and CNS-IICs induces Ca2+ changes in astrocytes and points to the new
aspect of cell-cell interactions in the propagation of neuroinflammatory response in CNS
autoimmunity.",
publisher = "Belgrade: Society of Physical Chemists of Serbia",
journal = "Proceedings: Physical Chemistry 2022, Vol. 1.: 16th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry; 2022 Sep 26-30; Belgrade, Serbia",
title = "Naïve astrocytes react to CNS-infiltrated immune cells",
pages = "267-270",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5504"
}