Role of the JAK/STAT signaling pathway in regulation of innate immunity in neuroinflammatory diseases

Z Yan, SA Gibson, JA Buckley, H Qin, EN Benveniste - Clinical Immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Janus Kinase/Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (JAK/STAT)
signaling pathway is utilized by numerous cytokines and interferons, and is essential for the …

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) as a model for multiple sclerosis (MS)

CS Constantinescu, N Farooqi… - British journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is the most commonly used
experimental model for the human inflammatory demyelinating disease, multiple sclerosis …

Immune modulatory effects of statins

R Zeiser - Immunology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite major advances in recent years, immunosuppressive regimens for multiple
sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and graft‐versus‐host disease …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of high-dose simvastatin on brain atrophy and disability in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS-STAT): a randomised, placebo-controlled …

J Chataway, N Schuerer, A Alsanousi, D Chan… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, for which no satisfactory treatment
presently exists, accounts for most of the disability in patients with multiple sclerosis …

Immunology of multiple sclerosis

M Sospedra, R Martin - Annu. Rev. Immunol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Multiple sclerosis (MS) develops in young adults with a complex predisposing
genetic trait and probably requires an inciting environmental insult such as a viral infection …

Pharmacological actions of statins: a critical appraisal in the management of cancer

P Gazzerro, MC Proto, G Gangemi, AM Malfitano… - Pharmacological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Statins, among the most commonly prescribed drugs worldwide, are cholesterol-lowering
agents used to manage and prevent cardiovascular and coronary heart diseases. Recently …

Multiple sclerosis: a complicated picture of autoimmunity

HF McFarland, R Martin - Nature immunology, 2007 - nature.com
Understanding of autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, has expanded
considerably in recent years. New insights have been provided by not only animal models …

Mevalonate pathway: a review of clinical and therapeutical implications

I Buhaescu, H Izzedine - Clinical biochemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Mevalonate pathway is an important metabolic pathway which plays a key role in multiple
cellular processes by synthesizing sterol isoprenoids, such as cholesterol, and non-sterol …

[HTML][HTML] The neurobiology of multiple sclerosis: genes, inflammation, and neurodegeneration

SL Hauser, JR Oksenberg - Neuron, 2006 - cell.com
The autoimmune model of multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis provided for many years a
useful but incomplete conceptual framework for understanding the complex array of factors …