Rituximab for the treatment of multiple sclerosis: a review

CG Chisari, E Sgarlata, S Arena, S Toscano, M Luca… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
In the last decades, evidence suggesting the direct or indirect involvement of B cells on
multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis has accumulated. The increased amount of data on …

Comorbidity in multiple sclerosis

M Magyari, PS Sorensen - Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Comorbidities in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has become an area of increasing
interest in the recent years. A comorbidity is defined as any additional disease that coexists …

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and S1P signaling pathway modulators, from current insights to future perspectives

GÁ Bravo, RR Cedeño, MP Casadevall… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and S1P receptors (S1PR) are bioactive lipid molecules
that are ubiquitously expressed in the human body and play an important role in the immune …

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) …

Blood-brain barrier: more contributor to disruption of central nervous system homeostasis than victim in neurological disorders

M Xiao, ZJ Xiao, B Yang, Z Lan, F Fang - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a dynamic but solid shield in the cerebral microvascular
system. It plays a pivotal role in maintaining central nervous system (CNS) homeostasis by …

Targeting B cells to modify MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD: part 1

J Graf, J Mares, M Barnett, O Aktas… - Neurology …, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Ocrelizumab, rituximab, ofatumumab, ublituximab, inebilizumab, and evobrutinib are
immunotherapies that target various B cell–related proteins. Most of these treatments have …

High-efficacy therapy discontinuation vs continuation in patients 50 years and older with nonactive MS

G Jouvenot, G Courbon, M Lefort, F Rollot… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A recent randomized clinical trial concluded that discontinuing medium-efficacy
therapy might be a reasonable option for older patients with nonactive multiple sclerosis …

[HTML][HTML] Monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis: an overview with emphasis on pregnancy, vaccination, and risk management

N Krajnc, G Bsteh, T Berger, J Mares, HP Hartung - Neurotherapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Monoclonal antibodies have become a mainstay in the treatment of patients with relapsing
multiple sclerosis (RMS) and provide some benefit to patients with primary progressive MS …

Serious safety events in rituximab‐treated multiple sclerosis and related disorders

BL Vollmer, AI Wallach, JR Corboy… - Annals of Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Studies investigating rates and risk factors for serious safety events (SSEs)
during rituximab treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica spectrum …