Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients on immunomodulatory therapies

EO Major - Annual review of medicine, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the white
matter of the human brain caused by lytic infection of oligodendrocytes with the human …

Risk stratification for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients treated with natalizumab

PS Sørensen, A Bertolotto, G Edan… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Natalizumab is a highly effective immunomodulator in the treatment of multiple sclerosis
(MS). Treatment with natalizumab has been associated with progressive multifocal …

Vedolizumab as induction and maintenance therapy for ulcerative colitis

BG Feagan, P Rutgeerts, BE Sands… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Gut-selective blockade of lymphocyte trafficking by vedolizumab may constitute
effective treatment for ulcerative colitis. Methods We conducted two integrated randomized …

Vedolizumab as induction and maintenance therapy for Crohn's disease

WJ Sandborn, BG Feagan, P Rutgeerts… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The efficacy of vedolizumab, an α4β7 integrin antibody, in Crohn's disease is
unknown. Methods In an integrated study with separate induction and maintenance trials …

Anti‐JC virus antibodies: implications for PML risk stratification

L Gorelik, M Lerner, S Bixler, M Crossman… - Annals of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective A study was undertaken to establish an enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay
(ELISA) to detect JC virus (JCV)‐specific antibodies in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, and …

The genetics of Crohn's disease

J Van Limbergen, DC Wilson… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
From epidemiological data, based on concordance data in family studies, via linkage
analysis to genome-wide association studies, we and others have accumulated robust …

Persistence and pathogenesis of the neurotropic polyomavirus JC

HS Wollebo, MK White, J Gordon, JR Berger… - Annals of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Many neurological diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are underpinned by
malfunctions of the immune system, including disorders involving opportunistic infections …

Anti‐John Cunnigham virus antibody prevalence in multiple sclerosis patients: baseline results of STRATIFY‐1

C Bozic, S Richman, T Plavina, A Natarajan… - Annals of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: A study was undertaken to define the prevalence of anti‐JC virus (JCV)
antibodies in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and to evaluate the analytical false‐negative …

[HTML][HTML] Immunosuppressive therapies for inflammatory bowel disease

T Zenlea, MA Peppercorn - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is comprised of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis,
both chronic inflammatory intestinal disorders of unknown etiology characterized by a …

Anti-adhesion molecule therapy for inflammatory bowel disease

S Ghosh, R Panaccione - Therapeutic advances in …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Although biologic agents directed against tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) continue to be
an effective therapeutic strategy for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) …