GM-CSF-based treatments in COVID-19: reconciling opposing therapeutic approaches

FM Lang, KMC Lee, JR Teijaro, B Becher… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Therapeutics against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are urgently needed.
Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), a myelopoietic growth factor …

Advances in the treatment of giant cell arteritis

S Castañeda, D Prieto-Peña… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis among elderly people. The clinical
spectrum of the disease is heterogeneous, with a classic/cranial phenotype, and another …

Efficacy and safety of mavrilimumab in giant cell arteritis: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

MC Cid, SH Unizony, D Blockmans… - Annals of the …, 2022 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is implicated in
pathogenesis of giant cell arteritis. We evaluated the efficacy of the GM-CSF receptor …

Distinct macrophage phenotypes skewed by local granulocyte macrophage colony‐stimulating factor (GM‐CSF) and macrophage colony‐stimulating factor (M‐CSF) …

WF Jiemy, Y van Sleen… - Clinical & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the presence and spatial distribution of different macrophage
phenotypes, governed by granulocyte macrophage colony‐stimulating factor (GM‐CSF) and …

Blocking GM-CSF receptor α with mavrilimumab reduces infiltrating cells, pro-inflammatory markers and neoangiogenesis in ex vivo cultured arteries from patients …

M Corbera-Bellalta, R Alba-Rovira… - Annals of the …, 2022 - ard.bmj.com
Background Effective and safe therapies are needed for the treatment of patients with giant
cell arteritis (GCA). Emerging as a key cytokine in inflammation, granulocyte-macrophage …

Diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis: Major review

S Simon, J Ninan, P Hissaria - Clinical & Experimental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Giant cell arteritis is a medical emergency because of the high risk of irreversible blindness
and cerebrovascular accidents. While elevated inflammatory markers, temporal artery …

Need and value of targeted immunosuppressive therapy in giant cell arteritis

M Sandovici, KSM van der Geest, Y van Sleen… - RMD open, 2022 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Despite the heterogeneity of the giant cell arteritis (GCA) at the level of clinical
manifestations and the cellular and molecular players involved in its pathogenesis, GCA is …

Treatment of giant-cell arteritis: from broad spectrum immunosuppressive agents to targeted therapies

MC Cid, R Rios-Garces, N Terrades-Garcia… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
For decades, the treatment of GCA has relied on glucocorticoids. Work over the past two
decades has supported a modest efficacy of MTX but no clear benefit from anti-TNF-based …

Reducing the toxicity of long-term glucocorticoid treatment in large vessel vasculitis

A Palmowski, F Buttgereit - Current Rheumatology Reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose While glucocorticoids (GCs) are effective in large vessel vasculitis (LVV),
they may cause serious adverse events (AEs), especially if taken for longer durations and at …

Giant cell arteritis: what is new in the preclinical and early clinical development pipeline?

P Harkins, R Conway - Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis
worldwide. For decades, glucocorticoids have represented the mainstay of treatment, at the …