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Such an immunomodulatory function appears to be mediated by a promotion of the transforming growth factor beta 1 (Tgfb1) pathway. Here, these results are discussed in the context of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and multiple sclerosis (MS) progressive forms. It is proposed that NMO and progressive MS might rely on opposite molecular mechanisms involving, in NMO, an acutely-defective AQP4\/TGFB1 pathway and, in progressive MS, a chronically-stimulated AQP4\/TGFB1 pathway. 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