November 2, 2021 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Never Drinking Alcohol Tied to ‘Significantly’ Higher MS Risk Not drinking alcohol significantly increases the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), especially if a person also is a current or former smoker, according to a new study. These findings add to the knowledge, discovered in multiple previous studies, that alcohol decreases the activity of the immune system. According…
September 13, 2021 News by Somi Igbene, PhD Health Status of Immigrants With MS Complex, Canadian Study Finds A number of health conditions ā including high blood pressure, migraines, schizophrenia, and rheumatoid arthritis ā are more common among immigrants to Canada who haveĀ multiple sclerosis (MS) than those without MS, an observational study reported. Compared with long-term residents with MS, immigrants with this disease were less likely to…
September 25, 2020 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD MS Patients Have Higher Burden of Mental Disorders, French Study Finds People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a higher burden of mental disorders than healthy people or people with rheumatoid arthritis, a French population-based study suggests. The study, āPrevalence of mental disorders is higher in patients with multiple sclerosis than in the general population or in patients with…
February 6, 2020 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Interleukin-17A Plays Key Role in Inflammation in MS, Mouse Study Finds The immune signaling molecule interleukin-17A (IL-17A) promotes the recruiting of inflammatory cells to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) in a multiple sclerosis (MS) mouse model, a study found. The findings support the potential of therapies that target IL-17 in MS. IL-17A is part of the IL-17…
January 31, 2019 News by Jonathan Grinstein Anxiety and Depression Linked to Cognitive Issues in MS, Other Diseases, Study Finds Anxiety and depression are associated with lower cognitive abilities in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) other and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such asĀ inflammatory bowel diseaseĀ (IBD) and rheumatoid arthritis, a study shows. These findings indicate the importance of managing symptoms of anxiety and depression in MS, as…
February 5, 2016 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc MS-related Inflammation May Be Reduced With Natural Protein, Study Shows In a new study using several mouse models of human immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers found that increased levels of an endogenous protein called tristetraprolin (TTP) resulted in protection against pro-inflammatory diseases. The results suggested that this natural protein might constitute a valuable therapeutic strategy to reduce…
November 18, 2015 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Novel Protein Suppresses MS in Mouse Model, Inhibits Neuroinflammation in Spinal Cord In a recent study entitled āMyelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG35-55)-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis is ameliorated in interleukin-32 alpha transgenic mice,ā a team of researchers investigated whether interleukin (IL)-32, a cytokine with an established role in rheumatoid arthritis, has a protective function in a mouse model of human multiple…
October 30, 2014 News by Isaura Santos Multiple Sclerosis, Autoimmune Disease Diagnoses, Treatments To Improve Using New DNA Software Researchers from UC San Francisco, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Yale School of Medicine recently developed a software tool that helps researchers understand the complex genetic origins of many autoimmune diseases and, ultimately, to better diagnose and treat them. The study was published yesterday inĀ …