Phosphosugars are potent inhibitors of central nervous system inflammation 1

Abstract
Adoptively transferred allergic encephalomyelitis can be inhibited by various phosphosugars, particularly mannose-6-phosphate. The sugar specificity suggests that inhibition may be due to depletion of lymphocyte cell-surface lysosomal enzymes, which are essential for the passage of lymphocytes across the vascular endothelium and the entry of lymphocytes into the central nervous system parenchyma.—Willenborg, D. O.; Parish, C. R.; Cowden, W. B. Phosphosugars are potent inhibitors of central nervous system inflammation. FASEB J. 3: 1968-1971; 1989.
Funding Information
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society