Drugs in development for relapsing multiple sclerosis

R Ali, RSJ Nicholas, PA Muraro - Drugs, 2013 - Springer
Drug development for multiple sclerosis (MS), as with any other neurological disease, faces
numerous challenges, with many drugs failing at various stages of development. The …

Safety, tolerability, and activity of mesenchymal stem cells versus placebo in multiple sclerosis (MESEMS): a phase 2, randomised, double-blind crossover trial

A Uccelli, A Laroni, R Ali, MA Battaglia… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), also known as mesenchymal
stromal cells, have been proposed as a promising therapeutic option for people with multiple …

Does natalizumab therapy worsen neuromyelitis optica?

A Jacob, M Hutchinson, L Elsone, S Kelly, R Ali… - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Discussion. Natalizumab is a humanized recombinant monoclonal antibody interfering with
the interaction of VLA-4 with its natural ligand, vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM-1) …

A comparison of magnetization transfer methods to assess brain and cervical cord microstructure in multiple sclerosis

A Lema, C Bishop, O Malik, M Mattoscio… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Demyelination is a core pathological feature of multiple
sclerosis (MS) and spontaneous remyelination appears to be an important mechanism for …

Programmed death 1 is highly expressed on CD8+ CD57+ T cells in patients with stable multiple sclerosis and inhibits their cytotoxic response to Epstein–Barr virus

MT Cencioni, R Magliozzi, R Nicholas, R Ali… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Growing evidence points to a deregulated response to Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) in the
central nervous system of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) as a possible cause of …

Defective CD19+CD24hiCD38hi transitional B-cell function in patients with relapsing-remitting MS

MT Cencioni, R Ali, R Nicholas… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by central nervous system (CNS)
infiltration of T and B cells, excess inflammatory cytokine and chemokine production and …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of ageing-associated grey matter volume in patients with multiple sclerosis shows excess atrophy in subcortical regions

CA Bishop, RD Newbould, JSZ Lee, L Honeyfield… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017 - Elsevier
Age of onset in multiple sclerosis (MS) exerts an influence on the course of disease. This
study examined whether global and regional brain volumes differed between “younger” and …

Psychiatric presentation of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a challenge to current diagnostic criteria

R Ali, A Baborie, AJ Larner… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Am Neuropsych Assoc
Pathological diagnosis remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-
Jakob disease (sCJD), but being able to differentiate between CJD and non-prion diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Soluble CD27 is an intrathecal biomarker of T-cell-mediated lesion activity in multiple sclerosis

MT Cencioni, R Magliozzi… - Journal of …, 2024 - jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral …
Soluble CD27 is a promising cerebrospinal fluid inflammatory biomarker in multiple
sclerosis. In this study, we investigate relevant immune and neuro-pathological features of …

Multiple cranial neuropathies: one diagnostic difficulty

Z Iqbal, BD Michael, I Pomeroy, R Ali, M Wilson… - Practical …, 2012 - pn.bmj.com
A 59-year-old woman provided a 3-month history of decreased hearing in her right ear. One
month later, she developed a complete right-sided ptosis and progressive dysarthria. On …