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Overview

Common causes of multiple sclerosis include: Autoimmunity, genetic, infectious and degeneration.

Causes

Multiple sclerosis may be caused by:

Autoimmunity:

The main hypothesis regarding MS etiology is that it is caused by an autoimmune reaction against central nervous system (CNS).[1] Self reactive T cells which has been activated by a foreign (virus for example) or native factor, will attack the myelin sheath around the neurons.[2] Presents of autoreactive T cells and myelin basic protein-specific CD4+ T cells in the peripheral blood smear of MS patients supports the autoimmune hypothesis.[3] [4]

Genetic:

There is some evidence proving genetic involvement in onset of MS so that it increases the risk of developing MS from 0.1 % in general population to 3% in those who have siblings with MS and 25% in those with a monozygote twin affected.[5] HLA alleles seems to have a huge relationship with MS susceptibility.[6]

Infectious:

Infections including Epstein-Barr virus, chlamydia and herpes virus 6 seems to have some relations to MS based on finding pathogenic proteins and nucleic acids in post_mortem patients.[7][8][9]

Degeneration:

In progressive form of MS, axonal degeneration and cortical atrophy are more prominent rather than contrast- enhancing lesions.[10] Therefore there is an idea in which degeneration in an entirely separate cause in pathology of multiple sclerosis.

References

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  3. Pette M, Fujita K, Kitze B, Whitaker JN, Albert E, Kappos L, Wekerle H (1990). "Myelin basic protein-specific T lymphocyte lines from MS patients and healthy individuals". Neurology. 40 (11): 1770–6. PMID 1700336.
  4. Bielekova B, Goodwin B, Richert N, Cortese I, Kondo T, Afshar G, Gran B, Eaton J, Antel J, Frank JA, McFarland HF, Martin R (2000). "Encephalitogenic potential of the myelin basic protein peptide (amino acids 83-99) in multiple sclerosis: results of a phase II clinical trial with an altered peptide ligand". Nat. Med. 6 (10): 1167–75. doi:10.1038/80516. PMID 11017150.
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  7. Sriram S, Mitchell W, Stratton C (1998). "Multiple sclerosis associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection of the CNS". Neurology. 50 (2): 571–2. PMID 9484408.
  8. Soldan SS, Jacobson S (2001). "Role of viruses in etiology and pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis". Adv. Virus Res. 56: 517–55. PMID 11450311.
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  10. Friese MA, Schattling B, Fugger L (2014). "Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and axonal dysfunction in multiple sclerosis". Nat Rev Neurol. 10 (4): 225–38. doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2014.37. PMID 24638138.

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