The impact of the gut microbiome on extra-intestinal autoimmune diseases

E Miyauchi, C Shimokawa, A Steimle… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The prevalence of autoimmune diseases (ADs) worldwide has rapidly increased over the
past few decades. Thus, in addition to the classical risk factors for ADs, such as genetic …

Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis: a review

MP McGinley, CH Goldschmidt, AD Rae-Grant - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease
of the central nervous system characterized by inflammatory demyelination with axonal …

Longitudinal analysis reveals high prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus associated with multiple sclerosis

K Bjornevik, M Cortese, BC Healy, J Kuhle, MJ Mina… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system of unknown etiology. We tested the hypothesis that MS is caused by Epstein …

Clonally expanded B cells in multiple sclerosis bind EBV EBNA1 and GlialCAM

TV Lanz, RC Brewer, PP Ho, JS Moon, KM Jude… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a heterogenous autoimmune disease in which autoreactive
lymphocytes attack the myelin sheath of the central nervous system. B lymphocytes in the …

How patients with multiple sclerosis acquire disability

FD Lublin, DA Häring, H Ganjgahi, A Ocampo… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Patients with multiple sclerosis acquire disability either through relapse-associated
worsening (RAW) or progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA). This study …

[HTML][HTML] B cell depletion therapies in autoimmune disease: advances and mechanistic insights

DSW Lee, OL Rojas, JL Gommerman - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2021 - nature.com
In the past 15 years, B cells have been rediscovered to be not merely bystanders but rather
active participants in autoimmune aetiology. This has been fuelled in part by the clinical …

Treatment of multiple sclerosis: a review

SL Hauser, BAC Cree - The American journal of medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating and neurodegenerative disease of
the central nervous system, and the leading cause of nontraumatic neurological disability in …

Disease‐modifying therapies and coronavirus disease 2019 severity in multiple sclerosis

MP Sormani, N De Rossi, I Schiavetti… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study was undertaken to assess the impact of immunosuppressive and
immunomodulatory therapies on the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in …

B cells in multiple sclerosis—from targeted depletion to immune reconstitution therapies

MT Cencioni, M Mattoscio, R Magliozzi… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Increasing evidence indicates the involvement of B cells in the pathogenesis of multiple
sclerosis (MS), but their precise roles are unclear. In this Review, we provide an overview of …

[HTML][HTML] Ofatumumab versus teriflunomide in multiple sclerosis

SL Hauser, A Bar-Or, JA Cohen, G Comi… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Ofatumumab, a subcutaneous anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, selectively
depletes B cells. Teriflunomide, an oral inhibitor of pyrimidine synthesis, reduces T-cell and …