Emerging fungal infections: new patients, new patterns, and new pathogens

DZP Friedman, IS Schwartz - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
The landscape of clinical mycology is constantly changing. New therapies for malignant and
autoimmune diseases have led to new risk factors for unusual mycoses. Invasive …

Reaching an evidence-based prognosis for personalized treatment of multiple sclerosis

D Rotstein, X Montalban - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2019 - nature.com
Personalized treatment is ideal for multiple sclerosis (MS) owing to the heterogeneity of
clinical features, but current knowledge gaps, including validation of biomarkers and …

Disease-modifying therapies and infectious risks in multiple sclerosis

A Winkelmann, M Loebermann, EC Reisinger… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Immunomodulatory and immunosuppressive treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) are
associated with an increased risk of infection, which makes treatment of this condition …

Disease modifying therapies for relapsing multiple sclerosis

DM Wingerchuk, BG Weinshenker - Bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common, disabling, putatively autoimmune neurological disease
with worldwide distribution. It typically begins as a relapsing disorder that later evolves to a …

Sphingosine‐1‐phosphate receptors and innate immunity

AM Bryan, M Del Poeta - Cellular microbiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sphingosine‐1‐phosphate (S1P) is a signalling lipid that regulates many cellular
processes in mammals. One well‐studied role of S1P signalling is to modulate T‐cell …

Cryptococcal Disease in Diverse Hosts

DB Meya, PR Williamson - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Cryptococcal Disease in Diverse Hosts Worldwide, cryptococcal meningitis kills
up to 180,000 persons annually and is the most common cause of nonviral meningitis in the …

Managing the side effects of multiple sclerosis therapy: pharmacotherapy options for patients

PS Rommer, UK Zettl - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated and neurodegenerative
disease with an unpredictable outcome. Immune-modulatory treatment aims at decreasing …

Safety of newer disease modifying therapies in multiple sclerosis

G Jalkh, R Abi Nahed, G Macaron, M Rensel - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the past decade, the therapeutic arsenal for multiple sclerosis has expanded greatly.
Newer more potent disease modifying therapies (DMTs) with varying mechanisms of actions …

Immunologic mechanisms of fingolimod and the role of immunosenescence in the risk of cryptococcal infection: a case report and review of literature

E Grebenciucova, AT Reder, JT Bernard - Multiple sclerosis and related …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Fingolimod is a disease-modifying agent used in the treatment of
relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis. In MS clinical studies, the overall rate of infections in …

Fingolimod hydrochloride for the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

K Thomas, U Proschmann… - Expert opinion on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Fingolimod was the first oral and the first in class disease modifying treatment
in multiple sclerosis that acts as sphingosine-1-phospathe receptor agonist. Since approval …