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ArticleJournal of neurology2009

Teriflunomide reduces behavioral, electrophysiological, and histopathological deficits in the Dark Agouti rat model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Jean E Merrill, Susan Hanak, Su-Fen Pu, Jinjun Liang, Chelsea Dang, Deborah Iglesias-Bregna, Brian Harvey, Bin Zhu, Kathleen McMonagle-Strucko

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Article in Journal of neurology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Teriflunomide for multiple sclerosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  15. Teriflunomide Modulates Vascular Permeability and Microglial Activation after Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2018
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  18. Fingolimod and Teriflunomide Attenuate Neurodegeneration in Mouse Models of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Jean E MerrillSanofi-Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA. jean.merrill@sanofi-aventis.com
Susan Hanak
Su-Fen Pu
Jinjun Liang
Chelsea Dang
Deborah Iglesias-Bregna
Brian Harvey
Bin Zhu
Kathleen McMonagle-Strucko

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Teriflunomide is an orally available anti-inflammatory drug that prevents T and B cell proliferation and function by inhibition of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase. It is currently being developed for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). We report here for the first time the anti-inflammatory effects of teriflunomide in the Dark Agouti rat model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Neurological evaluation demonstrated that prophylactic dosing of teriflunomide at 3 and 10 mg/kg delayed disease onset and reduced maximal and cumulative scores. Therapeutic administration of teriflunomide at doses of 3 or 10 mg/kg at disease onset significantly reduced maximal and cumulative disease scores as compared to vehicle treated rats. Dosing teriflunomide at disease remission, at 3 and 10 mg/kg, reduced the cumulative scores for the remaining course of the disease. Teriflunomide at 10 mg/kg significantly reduced inflammation, demyelination, and axonal loss when dosed prophylactically or therapeutically. In electrophysiological somatosensory evoked potential studies, therapeutic administration of teriflunomide, at the onset of disease, prevented both a decrease in waveform amplitude and an increase in the latency to waveform initiation in EAE animals compared to vehicle. Therapeutic dosing with teriflunomide at disease remission prevented a decrease in evoked potential amplitude, prevented an increase in latency, and enhanced recovery time within the CNS.

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Behavior, AnimalAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAxonsCentral Nervous System AgentsCrotonatesDemyelinating DiseasesDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugElectrophysiologyEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalEvoked Potentials, SomatosensoryHydroxybutyratesMaleNitrilesRatsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCentral Nervous System AgentsCrotonatesHydroxybutyratesNitrilesteriflunomideToluidines

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