Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis: a review

MP McGinley, CH Goldschmidt, AD Rae-Grant - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease
of the central nervous system characterized by inflammatory demyelination with axonal …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic advances in multiple sclerosis

JH Yang, T Rempe, N Whitmire, A Dunn-Pirio… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system that
causes significant disability and healthcare burden. The treatment of MS has evolved over …

[HTML][HTML] Epstein–Barr virus in multiple sclerosis: theory and emerging immunotherapies

A Bar-Or, MP Pender, R Khanna, L Steinman… - Trends in molecular …, 2020 - cell.com
New treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) focused on B cells have created an atmosphere
of excitement in the MS community. B cells are now known to play a major role in disease …

[HTML][HTML] Thinking outside the box: non-canonical targets in multiple sclerosis

L Bierhansl, HP Hartung, O Aktas, T Ruck… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system that
causes demyelination, axonal degeneration and astrogliosis, resulting in progressive …

Reassessing B cell contributions in multiple sclerosis

R Li, KR Patterson, A Bar-Or - Nature immunology, 2018 - nature.com
There is growing recognition that B cell contributions to normal immune responses extend
well beyond their potential to become antibody-producing cells, including roles at the innate …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic B-cell depletion reverses progression of Alzheimer's disease

K Kim, X Wang, E Ragonnaud, M Bodogai… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The function of B cells in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not fully understood. While
immunoglobulins that target amyloid beta (Aβ) may interfere with plaque formation and …

[HTML][HTML] The role of astrocytes in multiple sclerosis

G Ponath, C Park, D Pitt - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The role traditionally assigned to astrocytes in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS)
lesions has been the formation of the glial scar once inflammation has subsided. Astrocytes …