2022
High-Efficacy Therapies for Treatment-Naïve Individuals with Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Freeman L, Longbrake E, Coyle P, Hendin B, Vollmer T. High-Efficacy Therapies for Treatment-Naïve Individuals with Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. CNS Drugs 2022, 36: 1285-1299. PMID: 36350491, PMCID: PMC9645316, DOI: 10.1007/s40263-022-00965-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelapsing-remitting multiple sclerosisHigh-efficacy therapiesMultiple sclerosisClinical benefitEarly treatmentRecent international consensus guidelinesLong-term clinical outcomesAvailable treatment optionsInternational consensus guidelinesTreatment-naïve individualsMechanism of actionDMT optionsMS careDisease courseClinical outcomesConsensus guidelinesTherapy optionsTreatment optionsNeurological damageTreatment strategiesEscalation approachClinical practiceUS FoodDrug AdministrationPatientsImpaired TIGIT expression on B cells drives circulating follicular helper T cell expansion in multiple sclerosis
Asashima H, Axisa PP, Pham THG, Longbrake EE, Ruff WE, Lele N, Cohen I, Raddassi K, Sumida TS, Hafler DA. Impaired TIGIT expression on B cells drives circulating follicular helper T cell expansion in multiple sclerosis. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2022, 132: e156254. PMID: 36250467, PMCID: PMC9566906, DOI: 10.1172/jci156254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelapsing-remitting multiple sclerosisMemory B cellsCTfh cellsB cellsTIGIT expressionMultiple sclerosisT cellsFollicular helper T cellsHealthy age-matched controlsB-cell depletionT cell expansionHelper T cellsAge-matched controlsB cell functionB-cell pathwayDifferential gene expression signaturesTfh cellsDisease activityGene expression signaturesCell depletionCD40 ligandTranscription factor TCF4Disease pathogenesisImmune systemNew MRI
2009
Why did IL-12/IL-23 antibody therapy fail in multiple sclerosis?
Longbrake EE, Racke MK. Why did IL-12/IL-23 antibody therapy fail in multiple sclerosis? Expert Review Of Neurotherapeutics 2009, 9: 319-321. PMID: 19271940, DOI: 10.1586/14737175.9.3.319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisRelapsing-remitting multiple sclerosisIL-12/ILPhase II clinical trialDose-ranging studyPhase I trialMechanism of actionRadiologic improvementAdvanced diseaseTherapy failsIL-23I trialIL-12/23IL-12Study inclusionPlacebo controlClinical trialsSubcutaneous injectionTreatment groupsAnimal modelsSclerosisPatientsAntibodiesTreatment effectsPhase II