{"id":1215,"date":"2026-01-20T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/researchers-identify-brain-protein-linking-ebv-to-ms-damage\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:00:47","slug":"researchers-identify-brain-protein-linking-ebv-to-ms-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/researchers-identify-brain-protein-linking-ebv-to-ms-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers identify brain protein linking EBV to MS damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/01\/20\/researchers-identify-brain-protein-linking-ebv-ms-damage\/\" title=\"Researchers identify brain protein linking EBV to MS damage\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SphereBacteria-800x343.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"An illustration shows bacteria.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"144527\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A brain protein called anoctamin-2 (ANO2) has emerged as a new piece of the puzzle linking Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections to multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study. Researchers found that immune T-cells from people with MS can mistake ANO2 for an EBV protein, triggering a cross-reactive response that directly damages myelin-producing cells and worsens [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/01\/20\/researchers-identify-brain-protein-linking-ebv-ms-damage\/\">Researchers identify brain protein linking EBV to MS damage<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/01\/20\/researchers-identify-brain-protein-linking-ebv-ms-damage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brain protein called anoctamin-2 (ANO2) has emerged as a new piece of the puzzle linking Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections to multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study. Researchers found that immune T-cells from people with MS can mistake ANO2 for an EBV protein, triggering a cross-reactive response that directly damages myelin-producing cells and worsens&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}