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 …

A case for regulatory B cells in controlling the severity of autoimmune-mediated inflammation in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis

A Ray, MK Mann, S Basu, BN Dittel - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered to be a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease that
results in the presence of inflammatory lesions/plaques associated with mononuclear cell …

Multiple sclerosis patient-derived spontaneous B cells have distinct EBV and host gene expression profiles in active disease

SS Soldan, C Su, MC Monaco, L Yoon, T Kannan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is an aetiologic risk factor for the development of multiple sclerosis
(MS). However, the role of EBV-infected B cells in the immunopathology of MS is not well …

New insights into B cell biology in systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome

AK Bird, N Meednu, JH Anolik - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The past few years have provided insights into the multiple paths by which innate immune
signals can lead to B cell activation in SLE and pSS and the increasingly diverse ways in …

The ins and outs of B cells in multiple sclerosis

K Blauth, GP Owens, JL Bennett - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
B cells play a central role in multiple sclerosis (MS) pathology. B and plasma cells may
contribute to disease activity through multiple mechanisms: antigen presentation, cytokine …

The natural history of B cells

NL Monson - Current opinion in neurology, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Multiple sclerosis is a common neurological disorder that represents a significant source of
disability. B cells have recently emerged as a novel therapeutic target for multiple sclerosis …

The role of B cells in primary progressive multiple sclerosis

JP Holloman, RC Axtell, NL Monson, GF Wu - Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The success of ocrelizumab in reducing confirmed disability accumulation in primary
progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) via CD20-targeted depletion implicates B cells as …

Memory B cells in multiple sclerosis: emerging players in disease pathogenesis

KD DiSano, F Gilli, AR Pachner - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system. Once thought to be primarily driven by T cells, B cells are emerging as central …

Potential impact of B cells on T cell function in multiple sclerosis

S Ireland, N Monson - Multiple sclerosis international, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic debilitating autoimmune disease of the central nervous
system. The contribution of B cells in the pathoetiology of MS has recently been highlighted …

[HTML][HTML] Blood B cell and regulatory subset content in multiple sclerosis patients

J Habib, J Deng, N Lava, W Tyor… - Journal of multiple …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective B cell targeted therapies have been effective in slowing multiple sclerosis (MS)
disease progression suggesting a direct causal link for this lymphoid subset. A small subset …