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 …

The role of TH17 cells in multiple sclerosis: Therapeutic implications

T Moser, K Akgün, U Proschmann, J Sellner… - Autoimmunity …, 2020 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system (CNS) where immunopathology is thought to be mediated by myelin-reactive CD4+ T …

[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 …

Contribution of relapse-independent progression vs relapse-associated worsening to overall confirmed disability accumulation in typical relapsing multiple sclerosis in …

L Kappos, JS Wolinsky, G Giovannoni… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Accumulation of disability in multiple sclerosis may occur as relapse-associated
worsening (RAW) or steady progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA), with PIRA …

Infection risks among patients with multiple sclerosis treated with fingolimod, natalizumab, rituximab, and injectable therapies

G Luna, P Alping, J Burman, K Fink… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although highly effective disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS)
have been associated with an increased risk of infections vs injectable therapies interferon …

The COVID-19 pandemic and the use of MS disease-modifying therapies

G Giovannoni, C Hawkes… - … sclerosis and related …, 2020 - msard-journal.com
Maria was distraught after reading about the 'potential'epidemic, yet to happen, and the
horror stories on Facebook needing reassurance and certainty about what she should do …

Beneficial effects of autologous mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in active progressive multiple sclerosis

P Petrou, I Kassis, N Levin, F Paul, Y Backner… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In this study (trial registration: NCT02166021), we aimed to evaluate the optimal way of
administration, the safety and the clinical efficacy of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) …

Long-term follow-up from the ORATORIO trial of ocrelizumab for primary progressive multiple sclerosis: a post-hoc analysis from the ongoing open-label extension of …

JS Wolinsky, DL Arnold, B Brochet, HP Hartung… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The safety and efficacy of ocrelizumab in primary progressive multiple sclerosis
were shown in the phase 3 ORATORIO trial. In this study, we assessed the effects of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] MAGNIMS consensus recommendations on the use of brain and spinal cord atrophy measures in clinical practice

J Sastre-Garriga, D Pareto, M Battaglini… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Early evaluation of treatment response and prediction of disease evolution are key issues in
the management of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). In the past 20 years, MRI has …