22 Result(s)

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Leptin Enhances the Release of Cytokines by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Leptin, a hormone synthesized mainly by adipocytes, can modulate the immune response and seems to be involved in the induction of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an animal model of multiple sclerosi...

Giovanni Frisullo, Francesco Angelucci… in Journal of Clinical Immunology (2004)

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Glioblastoma in multiple sclerosis: a case report

Cerebral tumor and multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses can show overlap** clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features. In a previous study we observed in relapsing MS patients increased T-bet, pSTAT1, and ...

Giovanni Frisullo, Agata Katia Patanella, Viviana Nociti… in Journal of Neuro-Oncology (2009)

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Demyelinating encephalomyeloradiculitis with Balò-like lesions

Alessandro Marti, Viviana Nociti, Giovanni Frisullo, Assunta Bianco… in Journal of Neurology (2010)

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CD8⁺ T Cells in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Patients with Inflammatory Features at Muscle MRI

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an inherited disease, and although strongly suggested, a contribution of inflammation to its pathogenesis has never been demonstrated. In FSHD patients, we foun...

Giovanni Frisullo, Roberto Frusciante, Viviana Nociti… in Journal of Clinical Immunology (2011)

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Brainstem and spinal cord involvement in a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with anti-Yo antibody and breast cancer

Domenico Plantone, Pietro Caliandro, Raffaele Iorio… in Journal of Neurology (2011)

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Progressive ascending myelopathy: atypical forms of multiple sclerosis or what else?

The spinal cord can be affected by multiple heterogeneous disorders often difficult to diagnose. We describe ten patients affected by a progressive ascending myelopathy with a poor prognosis. The patients, dur...

Viviana Nociti, Anna Paola Batocchi, Marco Luigetti, Amelia Conte… in Journal of Neurology (2011)

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Rituximab as a first-line treatment in pediatric neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Giorgia Olivieri, Viviana Nociti, Raffaele Iorio… in Neurological Sciences (2015)

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Expression Profile of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Serum of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that leads to severe neurological disability. There is an interest in potential biomarkers that could p...

Massimo Santoro, Viviana Nociti, Matteo Lucchini… in Journal of Molecular Neuroscience (2016)

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Systematic assessment and characterization of chronic pain in multiple sclerosis patients

Pain is one of the most disabling clinical symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Several studies have already assessed the prevalence of pain in MS patients, reporting variable results, probably d...

Diana Ferraro, Domenico Plantone, Franca Morselli, Giulia Dallari… in Neurological Sciences (2018)

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A multicentRE observational analysiS of PErsistenCe to Treatment in the new multiple sclerosis era: the RESPECT study

In this independent, multicenter, retrospective study, we investigated the short-term persistence to treatment with first-line self-injectable or oral disease-modifying treatments (DMTs) in patients with relap...

Roberta Lanzillo, Luca Prosperini, Claudio Gasperini… in Journal of Neurology (2018)

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Safety and Efficacy of Dimethyl Fumarate in Multiple Sclerosis: An Italian, Multicenter, Real-World Study

Two phase III trials have demonstrated the clinical and radiological efficacy of delayed-release dimethyl fumarate (DMF) in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). However, data on its safety and effect...

Massimiliano Mirabella, Luca Prosperini, Matteo Lucchini, Laura Boffa… in CNS Drugs (2018)

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Exit strategies for “needle fatigue” in multiple sclerosis: a propensity score-matched comparison study

Patients with multiple sclerosis on long-term injectable therapies may suffer from the so-called “needle fatigue”, i.e., a waning commitment to continue with the prescribed injectable treatment. Therefore, alt...

Luca Prosperini, Antonio Cortese, Matteo Lucchini, Laura Boffa… in Journal of Neurology (2020)