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Antigen-specific adaptive immune responses in fingolimod-treated multiple sclerosis patients

Mehling, M. and Hilbert, P. and Fritz, S. and Durovic, B. and Eichin, D. and Gasser, O. and Kuhle, J. and Klimkait, T. and Lindberg, R. L. P. and Kappos, L. and Hess, C.. (2011) Antigen-specific adaptive immune responses in fingolimod-treated multiple sclerosis patients. Annals of neurology, Vol. 69, H. 2. pp. 408-413.

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Abstract

T cells exit secondary lymphoid organs along a sphingosine1-phosphate (S1P) gradient and, accordingly, are reduced in blood upon fingolimod-mediated S1P-receptor (S1PR)-blockade. Serving as a model of adaptive immunity, we characterized cellular and humoral immune responses to influenza vaccine in fingolimod-treated patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and in untreated healthy controls. Although the mode of action of fingolimod might predict reduced immunity, vaccine-triggered T cells accumulated normally in blood despite efficient S1PR-blockade. Concentrations of anti-influenza A/B immunoglobulin (Ig)M and IgG also increased similarly in both groups. These results indicate that fingolimod-treated individuals can mount vaccine-specific adaptive immune responses comparable to healthy controls.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Immunobiology (Hess C)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Clinical Neuroimmunology (Derfuss/Lindberg)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Neurologie > Neuroimmunologie (Kappos)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Neurologie > Neuroimmunologie (Kappos)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Division of Medical Microbiology > Molecular Virology (Klimkait)
UniBasel Contributors:Klimkait, Thomas and Lindberg Gasser, Raija L.P. and Hess, Christoph and Kappos, Ludwig and Mehling, Matthias
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Wiley-Liss
ISSN:0364-5134
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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