Natalizumab exerts direct signaling capacity and supports a pro-inflammatory phenotype in some patients with multiple sclerosis.

Natalizumab is a recombinant monoclonal antibody raised against integrin alpha-4 (CD49d). It is approved for the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease of the CNS. While having shown high therapeutic efficacy, treatment by natalizumab has been l...

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Main Authors: Thomas F Benkert, Lena Dietz, Elena M Hartmann, Ellen Leich, Andreas Rosenwald, Edgar Serfling, Mathias Buttmann, Friederike Berberich-Siebelt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23284936/pdf/?tool=EBI