MBP and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: In laboratory animals, MS is modeled as an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), either by subcutaneous immunization with various myelin proteins (MBP; myelin basic protein, PLP; proteolipid protein or MOG; myelin oligodendrocyte protein), or by the adoptive transfer of encephalitogenic T cells [3–5].