Evidence for Resident Memory T cells in Rasmussen Encephalitis

Authors

  • Amer Khojah Division of Rheumatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Marisa Klein-Gitelman Division of Rheumatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-5

Keywords:

Rasmussen Encephalitis, Resident Memory T Cells, CD103 Antigen

Abstract

Investigators from University of California Los Angeles studied the presence of different T cell subset population in the brain tissue of 7 patients with Rasmussen encephalitis, a rare neuroinflammatory disorder characterized by intractable seizures and usually associated with progressive hemi cerebral atrophy, who underwent brain surgery and compared them to patients with focal cortical dysplasia.

Published

2016-07-06

Issue

Section

Infectious/Autoimmune Disorders