B cells from patients with multiple sclerosis have a pathogenic phenotype and increased LTα and TGFβ1 response

O McWilliam, F Sellebjerg, HV Marquart… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The contribution of B cells to the pathogenesis of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
(RRMS) is currently of great interest due to the positive outcomes of treatment with B cell …

B1 cells are unaffected by immune modulatory treatment in remitting–relapsing multiple sclerosis patients

D Rovituso, S Heller, M Schroeter… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study we aimed to investigate whether treatment with an immune modulatory drug
had an effect on the distribution of B cell subpopulations in patients with remitting–relapsing …

Cerebrospinal fluid B cells correlate with early brain inflammation in multiple sclerosis

B Kuenz, A Lutterotti, R Ehling, C Gneiss… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background There is accumulating evidence from immunological, pathological and
therapeutic studies that B cells are key components in the pathophysiology of multiple …

CD11c+ B cells in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis and effects of anti‐CD20 therapy

S El Mahdaoui, MM Hansen… - Annals of Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives B cells are important in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. It is yet unknown
which subsets may be involved, but atypical B cells have been proposed as mediators of …

Memory B cells from a subset of treatment‐naïve relapsing‐remitting multiple sclerosis patients elicit CD4+ T‐cell proliferation and IFN‐γ production in response to …

CT Harp, S Ireland, LS Davis… - European journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Recent evidence suggests that B‐and T‐cell interactions may be paramount in relapsing‐
remitting MS (RRMS) disease pathogenesis. We hypothesized that memory B‐cell pools …

Primed status of transitional B cells associated with their presence in the cerebrospinal fluid in early phases of multiple sclerosis

C Lee-Chang, I Top, H Zéphir, S Dubucquoi, J Trauet… - Clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
In the present study we showed that transitional B cells of patients with clinically isolated
syndrome (CIS) and relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RR–MS) are reduced in the …

Categorization of multiple sclerosis relapse subtypes by B cell profiling in the blood

C Hohmann, B Milles, M Schinke, M Schroeter… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2014 - Springer
Introduction B cells are attracting increasing attention in the pathogenesis of multiple
sclerosis (MS). B cell-targeted therapies with monoclonal antibodies or plasmapheresis …

The B1-cell subpopulation is diminished in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis

C Tørring, CC Petersen, L Bjerg, E Kofod-Olsen… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
B cell subsets in newly diagnosed untreated, relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (MS)
patients were examined. The fraction of CD20+ B cells was significantly increased in MS …

Immunoglobulin class-switched B cells form an active immune axis between CNS and periphery in multiple sclerosis

A Palanichamy, L Apeltsin, TC Kuo, M Sirota… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
In multiple sclerosis (MS), lymphocyte—in particular B cell—transit between the central
nervous system (CNS) and periphery may contribute to the maintenance of active disease …

Induction of brain‐infiltrating T‐bet–expressing B cells in multiple sclerosis

J van Langelaar, L Rijvers, M Janssen… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Results from anti‐CD20 therapies demonstrate that B‐and T‐cell interaction is a
major driver of multiple sclerosis (MS). The local presence of B‐cell follicle‐like structures …