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NMSS Grant Supports Work Into Epstein-Barr Virus as MS Trigger

AĀ National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyĀ grant is supporting an Australian-led research team aiming to better understand how the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may be acting as a trigger for multiple sclerosis (MS). The funding will particularly be used to understand what molecules are being targeted by lymphocytes, immune cells that…

Lemtrada Targets Circulating Innate Immune Cells in RRMS Patients

Lemtrada (alemtuzumab), a humanized monoclonal antibody, is able to remodel the immune responses of innate immune cells in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), according to a recent study. This previously unreported phenotype may contribute to the benefits of the drug for RRMSĀ patients. The study, ā€œAlemtuzumab…

#ECTRIMS2016 – Protein Seen as New Target in Preventing Brain Inflammation in MS

Researchers found that blocking a protein,Ā known asĀ integrin alpha 8, may workĀ to prevent inflammation in the central nervous system of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The results were revealedĀ in an oral presentation, ā€œIntegrin alpha8 is a novel mediator of T lymphocyte migration across the CNS barriers,ā€ atĀ theĀ 32nd Congress of theĀ European Committee…

MS Treatments May Lower Levels of Immune White Blood Cells

Multiple sclerosis patients are at risk ofĀ developing lymphopenia, or abnormally low levels of immune defense white blood cells, called lymphocytes, according to a study that investigatedĀ lymphocyte counts in people with relapsing MS both before and after the start of treatment. The study, ā€œLymphopenia in treatment-naive relapsing multiple…