[HTML][HTML] The blood–brain barrier in health and disease: Important unanswered questions

CP Profaci, RN Munji, RS Pulido… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
The blood vessels vascularizing the central nervous system exhibit a series of distinct
properties that tightly control the movement of ions, molecules, and cells between the blood …

An update on immunopathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of multiple sclerosis

N Garg, TW Smith - Brain and behavior, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Multiple sclerosis is an acquired demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system. It is the second most common cause of disability in adults in United States after head …

Safety and efficacy of tolebrutinib, an oral brain-penetrant BTK inhibitor, in relapsing multiple sclerosis: a phase 2b, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

DS Reich, DL Arnold, P Vermersch, A Bar-Or… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Tolebrutinib is an oral, CNS-penetrant, irreversible inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine
kinase, an enzyme expressed in B lymphocytes and myeloid cells including microglia, which …

Contributions of eosinophils to human health and disease

AD Klion, SJ Ackerman… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The human eosinophil has long been thought to favorably influence innate mucosal
immunity but at times has also been incriminated in disease pathophysiology. Research into …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple sclerosis: immunopathology and treatment update

N Dargahi, M Katsara, T Tselios, ME Androutsou… - Brain sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
The treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has changed over the last 20 years. All
immunotherapeutic drugs target relapsing remitting MS (RRMS) and it still remains a …

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) as a model for multiple sclerosis (MS)

CS Constantinescu, N Farooqi… - British journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is the most commonly used
experimental model for the human inflammatory demyelinating disease, multiple sclerosis …

Infiltrating monocytes trigger EAE progression, but do not contribute to the resident microglia pool

B Ajami, JL Bennett, C Krieger, KM McNagny… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
In multiple sclerosis and the experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE) mouse model,
two pools of morphologically indistinguishable phagocytic cells, microglia and inflammatory …

The experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of MS: utility for understanding disease pathophysiology and treatment

AP Robinson, CT Harp, A Noronha, SD Miller - Handbook of clinical …, 2014 - Elsevier
While no single model can exactly recapitulate all aspects of multiple sclerosis (MS), animal
models are essential in understanding the induction and pathogenesis of the disease and to …

Multiple sclerosis animal models: a clinical and histopathological perspective

M Kipp, S Nyamoya, T Hochstrasser, S Amor - Brain pathology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There is a broad consensus that multiple sclerosis (MS) represents more than an
inflammatory disease: it harbors several characteristic aspects of a classical …

Risk of natalizumab-associated PML in patients with MS is reduced with extended interval dosing

LZ Ryerson, J Foley, I Chang, I Kister, G Cutter… - Neurology, 2019 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To use the large dataset from the Tysabri Outreach: Unified Commitment to Health
(TOUCH) program to compare progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) risk with …