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ArticleCentral-European journal of immunology2018

Therapeutic effects of pegylated-interferon-α2a in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis.

Sanaz Afraei, Reza Sedaghat, Farzaneh Tofighi Zavareh, Zahra Aghazadeh, Parvin Ekhtiari, Gholamreza Azizi, Abbas Mirshafiey

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Article in Central-European journal of immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sanaz AfraeiDepartment of Immunology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reza SedaghatDepartment of Anatomy and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Farzaneh Tofighi ZavarehDepartment of Anatomy and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra AghazadehDepartment of Immunology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Parvin EkhtiariDepartment of Immunology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Gholamreza AziziNon-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Abbas MirshafieyDepartment of Immunology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRShahed University · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionExperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS). EAE is mainly mediated by adaptive and innate immune responses that lead to an inflammatory demyelination and axonal damage. The aim of the present research was to examine the therapeutic efficacy of Peg interferon alpha 2a (Peg-IFN α-2a) as a serine protease inhibitor on EAE model. MATERIAL AND

methodsEAE induction was performed in female C57BL/6 mice by myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (35-55) (MOG

resultsOur findings indicated that Peg-IFN α-2a had beneficial effects on EAE by attenuation of the severity and a delay in the onset of disease. Histological analysis showed that treatment with Peg-IFN α-2a can reduce inflammation criteria. Moreover, in Peg-IFN α-2a-treated mice the serum level of IL-6 was significantly less than in controls, and total antioxidant capacity was significantly more than in the control animals.

conclusionsThese data indicate that Peg-IFN α-2a as an anti-serine protease with immunomodulatory properties may be useful for the treatment of MS.

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antioxidantexperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitismultiple sclerosisPeg interferon alpha 2a

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PMID29731688
PMCPMC5927168
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