The Charcot Lecture| beating MS: a story of B cells, with twists and turns

SL Hauser - Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Autoimmune B cells play a major role in mediating tissue damage in multiple sclerosis (MS).
In MS, B cells are believed to cross the blood-brain barrier and undergo stimulation, antigen …

B cell-directed therapeutics in multiple sclerosis: rationale and clinical evidence

S Kinzel, MS Weber - CNS drugs, 2016 - Springer
Over the last decade, evidence condensed that B cells, B cell-derived plasma cells and
antibodies play a key role in the pathogenesis and progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). In …

B cells in multiple sclerosis: connecting the dots

HC von Büdingen, A Bar-Or, SS Zamvil - Current opinion in immunology, 2011 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades B cells have increasingly moved into the spotlight in multiple
sclerosis (MS) research. This interest was fuelled by growing understanding and acceptance …

Role of B cells and antibodies in multiple sclerosis

P Wanleenuwat, P Iwanowski - Multiple sclerosis and related disorders, 2019 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronically progressive auto-immune mediated inflammatory
demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) which manifests as disturbances …

Update on the autoimmune pathology of multiple sclerosis: B-cells as disease-drivers and therapeutic targets

H von Büdingen, A Palanichamy… - European …, 2015 - karger.com
Background: Collectively, research on the role of B-cells in the pathogenesis of multiple
sclerosis (MS) illustrates how translational medicine has given rise to promising therapeutic …

B cells in multiple sclerosis therapy—A comprehensive review

R Rahmanzadeh, MS Weber, W Brück… - Acta Neurologica …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
For decades, B cells were ignored in multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis, and the disease
was always regarded as a T cell‐mediated disorder. Recent evidence shows that there is an …

The role of B cells in the immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

T Gharibi, Z Babaloo, A Hosseini, F Marofi… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is ongoing debate on how B cells contribute to the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis
(MS). The success of B‐cell targeting therapies in MS highlighted the role of B cells …

The multiple roles of B cells in multiple sclerosis and their implications in multiple sclerosis therapies

R Li, A Bar-Or - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2019 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Increasing evidence has suggested that both antibody-dependent and antibody-
independent functions of B cells are involved in multiple sclerosis (MS). The contrasting …

Role of B cells in multiple sclerosis and related disorders

G Comi, A Bar‐Or, H Lassmann, A Uccelli… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The success of clinical trials of selective B‐cell depletion in patients with relapsing multiple
sclerosis (MS) and primary progressive MS has led to a conceptual shift in the …

The role of B cells in multiple sclerosis: rationale for B-cell-targeted therapies

MK Racke - Current opinion in neurology, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system
with no clear etiology. Until recently, most studies have emphasized the role of T cells in the …