Lack of CD4 + T cell percent decrease in alemtuzumab-treated multiple sclerosis patients with persistent relapses

Rolla, Simona and De Mercanti, Stefania Federica and Bardina, Valentina and Horakova, Dana and Habek, Mario and Adamec, Ivan and Cocco, Eleonora and Annovazzi, Pietro and Vladić, Anton and Novelli, Francesco and Durelli, Luca and Clerico, Marinella (2017) Lack of CD4 + T cell percent decrease in alemtuzumab-treated multiple sclerosis patients with persistent relapses. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 313. pp. 89-91. ISSN 0165-5728

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Abstract

Alemtuzumab, a highly effective treatment for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), induces lymphopenia especially of CD4+ T cells. Here, we report the atypical CD4+ T population behaviour of two patients with persistent disease activity despite repeated alemtuzumab treatments. Whereas lymphocytes count decreased and fluctuated accordingly to alemtuzumab administration, their CD4+ cell percentage was not or just mildly affected and was slightly below the lowest normal limit already before alemtuzumab. These cases anticipate further studies aimed to investigate whether the evaluation of the CD4+ cell percentage could represent a helpful tool to address the individual clinical response to alemtuzumab.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/)
MeSH: Adult ; Alemtuzumab/therapeutic use ; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/therapeutic use ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Multiple Sclerosis/drug therapy
Departments: Katedra za neurologiju
Depositing User: Anja Majstorović
Status: Published
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Rolla, SimonaUNSPECIFIED
De Mercanti, Stefania FedericaUNSPECIFIED
Bardina, ValentinaUNSPECIFIED
Horakova, DanaUNSPECIFIED
Habek, MarioUNSPECIFIED
Adamec, IvanUNSPECIFIED
Cocco, EleonoraUNSPECIFIED
Annovazzi, PietroUNSPECIFIED
Vladić, AntonUNSPECIFIED
Novelli, FrancescoUNSPECIFIED
Durelli, LucaUNSPECIFIED
Clerico, MarinellaUNSPECIFIED
Date: 15 December 2017
Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2019 10:27
Last Modified: 20 Aug 2020 09:12
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URI: http://medlib.mef.hr/id/eprint/3269

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