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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis is a model for multiple sclerosis. Here we show that induction generates successive waves of clonally expanded CD4
, CD8
and γδ
T cells in the blood and central nervous system, similar to gluten-challenge studies of patients with coeliac disease. We also find major expansions of CD8
T cells in patients with multiple sclerosis. In autoimmune encephalomyelitis, we find that most expanded CD4
T cells are specific for the inducing myelin peptide MOG
. By contrast, surrogate peptides derived from a yeast peptide major histocompatibility complex library of some of the clonally expanded CD8
T cells inhibit disease by suppressing the proliferation of MOG-specific CD4
T cells. These results suggest that the induction of autoreactive CD4
T cells triggers an opposing mobilization of regulatory CD8
T cells.