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Begin by subcutaneously injecting an emulsion containing a neuronal peptide and a heat-killed bacterial adjuvant into an anesthetized mouse.
In the subcutaneous tissue, the adjuvant attracts antigen-presenting cells, or APCs, which process and present the neuronal peptides on major histocompatibility complexes.
The activated APCs reach the lymph nodes and interact with naïve T cells, inducing their differentiation into autoreactive T cells.
These T cells circulate and reach the blood-brain barrier or BBB.
Next, intraperitoneally inject bacteria-derived exotoxins.
The exotoxins reach the BBB, increasing its permeability and allowing T cell infiltration into the central nervous system (CNS).
In the CNS, T cells interact with resident APCs presenting the neuronal peptide, promoting cytokine release that induces further immune cell infiltration.
The immune cells release pro-inflammatory cytokines, causing myelin damage.
Additionally, B-cells interact with T cells and secrete autoantibodies that further damage myelin, establishing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE).