2022
Efficacy of Disease Modifying Therapies in Progressive MS and How Immune Senescence May Explain Their Failure
Manouchehri N, Salinas VH, Yeganeh N, Pitt D, Hussain RZ, Stuve O. Efficacy of Disease Modifying Therapies in Progressive MS and How Immune Senescence May Explain Their Failure. Frontiers In Neurology 2022, 13: 854390. PMID: 35432156, PMCID: PMC9009145, DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.854390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProgressive multiple sclerosisSecondary progressive MSMultiple sclerosisImmune senescenceSecondary progressive multiple sclerosisDifferent MS phenotypesDisease-Modifying TherapiesSuccessful clinical managementAge-related factorsAdvent of diseaseModifying therapiesProgressive MSRelapse frequencyClinical managementImmune responseDistinct pathogenesesImmune systemM phenotypeDisease transitionTherapyMain correlatesDisease phenotypePatientsRRMSSignal changes
2020
Differential expression of the T-cell inhibitor TIGIT in glioblastoma and MS
Lucca LE, Lerner BA, Park C, DeBartolo D, Harnett B, Kumar VP, Ponath G, Raddassi K, Huttner A, Hafler DA, Pitt D. Differential expression of the T-cell inhibitor TIGIT in glioblastoma and MS. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation 2020, 7: e712. PMID: 32269065, PMCID: PMC7188477, DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000000712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-infiltrating T cellsT cellsPD-1/PD-L1Anti-TIGIT therapyExpression of CD226Expression of TIGITPostmortem CNS tissueLymphocytes of patientsFresh surgical resectionsLigand CD155TIGIT expressionSurgical resectionPD-1PD-L1CNS diseaseHealthy controlsHealthy donorsLymphocytic expressionImmune responseCNS tissueMS lesionsTIGITImmune pathwaysPatientsGlioblastoma multiforme