Anti-CD20 therapy depletes activated myelin-specific CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis

JJ Sabatino Jr, MR Wilson… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
CD8+ T cells are believed to play an important role in multiple sclerosis (MS), yet their role in
MS pathogenesis remains poorly defined. Although myelin proteins are considered potential …

Blood CD8+ T cell responses against myelin determinants in multiple sclerosis and healthy individuals

L Berthelot, DA Laplaud, S Pettré… - European journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) display significant peripheral blood CD8+ T cell
receptor biases, suggesting clonal selection. Our objective was to identify relevant myelin …

Expansion and functional relevance of high-avidity myelin-specific CD4+ T cells in multiple sclerosis

B Bielekova, MH Sung, N Kadom, R Simon… - The Journal of …, 2004 - journals.aai.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which myelin-specific T cells are
believed to play a crucial pathogenic role. Nevertheless, so far it has been extremely difficult …

Regulatory T cells are reduced during anti-CD25 antibody treatment of multiple sclerosis

U Oh, G Blevins, C Griffith, N Richert, D Maric… - Archives of …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Objective Maintenance therapy with anti-CD25 antibody has emerged as a potentially useful
treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). Constitutive CD25 expression on CD4+ CD25+ …

Proinflammatory CD20+ T cells in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

MR von Essen, C Ammitzbøll, RH Hansen… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
With the discovery that the highly effective anti-CD20 antibody therapies developed to
deplete CD20+ B cells deplete CD20+ T cells equally well, a great interest in the biological …

CD4+ memory T cells with high CD26 surface expression are enriched for Th1 markers and correlate with clinical severity of multiple sclerosis

M Krakauer, PS Sorensen, F Sellebjerg - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2006 - Elsevier
An aberrant immune activation is believed to be important in the pathogenesis of multiple
sclerosis (MS). Expression of CD4+ T lymphocyte surface molecules indicative of immune …

Memory CD4+ CD127high T cells from patients with multiple sclerosis produce IL-17 in response to myelin antigens

K Venken, N Hellings, K Hensen, JL Rummens… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Myelin-reactive T helper-17 cells are implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis
(MS). Here, we analyzed the reactivity of peripheral naive and memory conventional CD4+ …

Decreased dependence of myelin basic protein-reactive T cells on CD28-mediated costimulation in multiple sclerosis patients. A marker of activated/memory T cells.

AE Lovett-Racke, JL Trotter, J Lauber… - The Journal of …, 1998 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Although multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and healthy individuals have similar frequencies of
myelin basic protein (MBP)-specific T cells, the activation state of these cells has not been …

CD4+CD28 costimulation-independent T cells in multiple sclerosis

S Markovic-Plese, I Cortese… - The Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that CD4+ lymphocytes initiate autoimmune responses
against myelin antigens in multiple sclerosis (MS). The increased frequency of activated …

Differential effects of anti-CD20 therapy on CD4 and CD8 T cells and implication of CD20-expressing CD8 T cells in MS disease activity

K Shinoda, R Li, A Rezk, I Mexhitaj… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
A small proportion of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients develop new disease activity soon after
starting anti-CD20 therapy. This activity does not recur with further dosing, possibly reflecting …