Melatonin and multiple sclerosis: Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulator mechanism of action

A Muñoz-Jurado, BM Escribano… - …, 2022 - Springer
Background Melatonin is an indole hormone secreted primarily by the pineal gland that
showing anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic capacity. It can play an important …

Optic neuritis

AT Toosy, DF Mason, DH Miller - The Lancet Neurology, 2014 - thelancet.com
Acute optic neuritis is the most common optic neuropathy affecting young adults. Exciting
developments have occurred over the past decade in understanding of optic neuritis …

Melatonin contributes to the seasonality of multiple sclerosis relapses

MF Farez, ID Mascanfroni, SP Méndez-Huergo… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Seasonal changes in disease activity have been observed in multiple sclerosis, an
autoimmune disorder that affects the CNS. These epidemiological observations suggest that …

Outcome measures in clinical trials for multiple sclerosis

CEP van Munster, BMJ Uitdehaag - CNS drugs, 2017 - Springer
Due to the heterogeneous nature of the disease, it is a challenge to capture disease activity
of multiple sclerosis (MS) in a reliable and valid way. Therefore, it can be difficult to assess …

Respiratory viral infections and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis

YB Joo, YH Lim, KJ Kim, KS Park, YJ Park - Arthritis research & therapy, 2019 - Springer
Background We aimed to investigate the effects of ambient respiratory viral infections in the
general population on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development. Methods Data of weekly …

Seasonality and autoimmune diseases: the contribution of the four seasons to the mosaic of autoimmunity

A Watad, S Azrielant, NL Bragazzi, K Sharif… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Autoimmune diseases (ADs) are a heterogeneous groups of diseases that occur as a results
of loss of tolerance to self antigens. While the etiopathogeneis remain obscure, different …

Multiple sclerosis relapses: epidemiology, outcomes and management. A systematic review

T Kalincik - Neuroepidemiology, 2015 - karger.com
Relapses (episodic exacerbations of neurological signs or symptoms) are a defining feature
of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), the most prevalent MS phenotype. While their …

Infection as an environmental trigger of multiple sclerosis disease exacerbation

AJ Steelman - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Over the past several decades, significant advances have been made in identifying factors
that contribute to the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and have culminated in the …

Optic neuritis

D Pau, N Al Zubidi, S Yalamanchili, GT Plant, AG Lee - Eye, 2011 - nature.com
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Factors associated with onset, relapses or progression in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review

KA McKay, S Jahanfar, T Duggan, S Tkachuk… - Neurotoxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system with an
unidentified etiology. We systematically reviewed the literature on the possible risk factors …