Multiple sclerosis: mechanisms and immunotherapy

C Baecher-Allan, BJ Kaskow, HL Weiner - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease triggered by environmental factors that act
on a genetically susceptible host. It features three clinical stages: a pre-clinical stage …

Progressive multiple sclerosis: from pathophysiology to therapeutic strategies

S Faissner, JR Plemel, R Gold, VW Yong - Nature reviews drug …, 2019 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that
involves demyelination and axonal degeneration. Although substantial progress has been …

Central nervous system macrophages in progressive multiple sclerosis: relationship to neurodegeneration and therapeutics

E Kamma, W Lasisi, C Libner, HS Ng… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
There are over 15 disease-modifying drugs that have been approved over the last 20 years
for the treatment of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), but there are limited …

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) …

Effect of natalizumab on disease progression in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (ASCEND): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial …

R Kapoor, PR Ho, N Campbell, I Chang… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Although several disease-modifying treatments are available for relapsing
multiple sclerosis, treatment effects have been more modest in progressive multiple …

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 …

Progressive multiple sclerosis: prospects for disease therapy, repair, and restoration of function

D Ontaneda, AJ Thompson, RJ Fox, JA Cohen - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Multiple sclerosis is a major cause of neurological disability, which accrues predominantly
during progressive forms of the disease. Although development of multifocal inflammatory …

Mitochondrial dysfunction and multiple sclerosis

IP Barcelos, RM Troxell, JS Graves - Biology, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, several studies have examined the potential associations between
mitochondrial dysfunction and neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Remyelination therapies: a new direction and challenge in multiple sclerosis

JR Plemel, WQ Liu, VW Yong - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2017 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis is characterized by inflammatory activity that results in destruction of the
myelin sheaths that enwrap axons. The currently available medications for multiple sclerosis …

Smouldering multiple sclerosis: the 'real MS'

G Giovannoni, V Popescu, J Wuerfel… - Therapeutic …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Using a philosophical approach or deductive reasoning, we challenge the dominant clinico-
radiological worldview that defines multiple sclerosis (MS) as a focal inflammatory disease …