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Trial reportJournal of neurology2010

Influence of apolipoprotein E plasma levels and tobacco smoking on the induction of neutralising antibodies to interferon-beta.

Armando Sena, Klaus Bendtzen, Maria J Cascais, Rui Pedrosa, Véronique Ferret-Sena, Elisa Campos

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Trial report in Journal of neurology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Article
  4. Smoking cessation for the neurologic patient.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2012
    Article
  5. Smoking: effects on multiple sclerosis susceptibility and disease progression.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2012
    Article
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6 authors.

Armando SenaCEDOC, Departamento de Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. armando.sena@fcm.unl.pt
Klaus Bendtzen
Maria J Cascais
Rui Pedrosa
Véronique Ferret-Sena
Elisa Campos

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferon-beta (IFN-beta) therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with a potential for induction of neutralizing antibodies (NAbs). Because immune reactivity depends on changes in lipoprotein metabolism, we investigated whether plasma lipoprotein profiles could be associated with the development of NAbs. Thirty-one female MS patients treated with subcutaneously administered IFN-beta were included. Demographic and clinical characteristics were compared between NAbs response groups using t tests for continuous and logistic regression analysis and Fisher's exact tests for categorical data, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate the effect of potential confounders. Patients who developed NAbs had lower apoE levels before treatment, 67 (47-74) mg/L median (interquartile range), and at the moment of NAb analysis, 53 (50-84) mg/L, in comparison to those who remained NAb-negative, 83 (68-107) mg/L, P = 0.03, and 76 (66-87) mg/L, P = 0.04, respectively. When adjusting for age and smoking for a one-standard deviation decrease in apoE levels, a 5.6-fold increase in the odds of becoming NAb-positive was detected: odds ratios (OR) 0.18 (95% CI 0.04-0.77), P = 0.04. When adjusting for apoE, smoking habit became associated with NAb induction: OR 5.6 (95% CI 1.3-87), P = 0.03. These results suggest that apoE-containing lipoprotein metabolism and, possibly, tobacco smoking may be associated with risk of NAb production in female MS patients treated with IFN-beta.

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Multiple SclerosisAdultAntibodies, NeutralizingApolipoproteins EDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleHumansInterferon-betaMiddle AgedSmokingAntibodies, NeutralizingApolipoproteins EInterferon-beta

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