Multiple sclerosis disease-modifying therapy and the COVID-19 pandemic: implications on the risk of infection and future vaccination

C Zheng, I Kar, CK Chen, C Sau, S Woodson, A Serra… - CNS drugs, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is expected to linger. Decisions
regarding initiation or continuation of disease-modifying therapy for multiple sclerosis have …

CNS inflammation and neurodegeneration

T Chitnis, HL Weiner - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
There is an increasing recognition that inflammation plays a critical role in
neurodegenerative diseases of the CNS, including Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral …

The expanding field of secondary antibody deficiency: causes, diagnosis, and management

SY Patel, J Carbone, S Jolles - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antibody deficiency or hypogammaglobulinemia can have primary or secondary etiologies.
Primary antibody deficiency (PAD) is the result of intrinsic genetic defects, whereas …

MicroRNAs: roles in regulating neuroinflammation

AD Gaudet, LK Fonken, LR Watkins… - The …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that broadly affect cellular and
physiological function in all multicellular organisms. Here, the role of miRNAs in …

A pathogenic and clonally expanded B cell transcriptome in active multiple sclerosis

A Ramesh, RD Schubert… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Central nervous system B cells have several potential roles in multiple sclerosis (MS):
secretors of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines, presenters of autoantigens to T …

Slowly expanding/evolving lesions as a magnetic resonance imaging marker of chronic active multiple sclerosis lesions

C Elliott, JS Wolinsky, SL Hauser… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Chronic lesion activity driven by smoldering inflammation is a pathological
hallmark of progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Objective: To develop a method for …

Early aggressive treatment approaches for multiple sclerosis

A Simpson, EM Mowry, SD Newsome - Current treatment options in …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of review This review presents a comprehensive analysis of the current high-
efficacy disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) available for treatment of multiple sclerosis …

Treatment of MOG-IgG-associated disorder with rituximab: an international study of 121 patients

DH Whittam, A Cobo-Calvo… - Multiple sclerosis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the effect of anti-CD20 B-cell depletion with rituximab (RTX) on relapse
rates in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disorder (MOGAD) …

Anti-CD20 therapies in multiple sclerosis: From pathology to the clinic

J de Sèze, E Maillart, A Gueguen, DA Laplaud… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The immune system plays a significant role in multiple sclerosis. While MS was historically
thought to be T cell-mediated, multiple pieces of evidence now support the view that B cells …

Current and emerging disease‐modulatory therapies and treatment targets for multiple sclerosis

F Piehl - Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), the most common chronic inflammatory,
demyelinating and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) …