Key characteristics of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies and clinical implications for multiple sclerosis treatment

SR Delgado, S Faissner, RA Linker, K Rammohan - Journal of neurology, 2024 - Springer
The recent success of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapies in the treatment of multiple
sclerosis (MS) has highlighted the role of B cells in the pathogenesis of MS. In people with …

Highly effective therapy versus escalation approaches in early multiple sclerosis: what is the future of multiple sclerosis treatment?

NB Rjeily, EM Mowry, D Ontaneda… - Neurologic …, 2024 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system with a global
prevalence of more than 2 million cases worldwide 1 and nearly one million cases in the US …

B cell depletion with anti-CD20 promotes neuroprotection in a BAFF-dependent manner in mice and humans

AA Wang, F Luessi, T Neziraj, E Pössnecker… - Science Translational …, 2024 - science.org
Anti-CD20 therapy to deplete B cells is highly efficacious in preventing new white matter
lesions in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), but its protective …

Emerging cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of disease activity and progression in multiple sclerosis

AH Cross, JM Gelfand, S Thebault, JL Bennett… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Biomarkers distinguishing nonrelapsing progressive disease biology from
relapsing biology in multiple sclerosis (MS) are lacking. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is an …

Early use of high-efficacy therapies in multiple sclerosis in the United States: benefits, barriers, and strategies for encouraging adoption

BA Singer, J Feng, H Chiong-Rivero - Journal of Neurology, 2024 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by progressive neuroinflammation and
neurodegeneration from disease onset that, if left untreated, can result in the accumulation …

Myasthenia gravis: the changing treatment landscape in the era of molecular therapies

R Iorio - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2024 - nature.com
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder that affects the neuromuscular junction,
leading to muscle weakness and fatigue. MG is caused by antibodies against the …

Development of an LC-MS/MS method to measure sphingolipids in CSF from patients with multiple sclerosis

YX Perez-Paramo, D Dufield, R Veeramachaneni… - Molecular …, 2024 - ASPET
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory and degenerative disease characterized by different
clinical courses including relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) and primary progressive …

Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy for autoimmune disease

JB Chung, JN Brudno, D Borie… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Infusion of T cells engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that target B
cells has proven to be a successful treatment for B cell malignancies. This success inspired …

Drugs targeting CD20 in multiple sclerosis: pharmacology, efficacy, safety, and tolerability

AK Carlson, M Amin, JA Cohen - Drugs, 2024 - Springer
Currently, there are four monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that target the cluster of
differentiation (CD) 20 receptor available to treat multiple sclerosis (MS): rituximab …

Multiple sclerosis: time for early treatment with high-efficacy drugs

K Selmaj, BAC Cree, M Barnett, A Thompson… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
This review addresses current changes in the approach to treating patients with multiple
sclerosis (MS). The widely practiced approach of utilizing agents with lower treatment …