Human interferon regulatory factor 5 homologous epitopes of <i>Epstein-Barr</i> virus and <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> subsp. <i>paratuberculosis</i> induce a specific humoral and cellular immune response in multiple sclerosis patients

Abstract

Our data demonstrated that both EBV and MAP epitopes elicit a consistent humoral response in MS patients compared to HCs, and that the aforementioned peptides are able to induce a T-cell-mediated response that is MS correlated.