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ArticleNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2021

Fingolimod Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis Leads to the Enrichment of a Subpopulation of Aged NK Cells.

Svenja C Schwichtenberg, Anne Wisgalla, Maria Schroeder-Castagno, Cesar Alvarez-González, Stephan Schlickeiser, Nadja Siebert, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, Friedemann Paul, Jan Dörr and 1 more

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Article in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Svenja C SchwichtenbergCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Medical Immunology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1 (Südstr. 2/Föhrer Str. 15), 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Anne WisgallaCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Medical Immunology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1 (Südstr. 2/Föhrer Str. 15), 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Maria Schroeder-CastagnoCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Medical Immunology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1 (Südstr. 2/Föhrer Str. 15), 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Cesar Alvarez-GonzálezCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Medical Immunology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1 (Südstr. 2/Föhrer Str. 15), 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Stephan SchlickeiserBIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Föhrer Str. 15, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Nadja SiebertCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Campus Mitte, Sauerbruchweg 5, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Judith Bellmann-StroblCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Campus Mitte, Sauerbruchweg 5, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Klaus-Dieter WerneckeCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and CRO SOSTANA GmbH, Wildensteiner Straße 27, 10318, Berlin, Germany.
Friedemann PaulCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Campus Mitte, Sauerbruchweg 5, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Jan Dörr *Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Campus Mitte, Sauerbruchweg 5, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Carmen Infante-Duarte *Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Medical Immunology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1 (Südstr. 2/Föhrer Str. 15), 13353, Berlin, Germany. carmen.infante@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3005-351X
Max Delbrück Center · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fingolimod is an approved oral treatment for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) that modulates agonistically the sphingosin-1-phosphate receptor (S1PR), inhibiting thereby the egress of lymphocytes from the lymph nodes. In this interventional prospective clinical phase IV trial, we longitudinally investigated the impact of fingolimod on frequencies of NK cell subpopulations by flow cytometry in 17 RRMS patients at baseline and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment initiation. Clinical outcome was assessed by the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and annualized relapse rates (ARR). Over the study period, median EDSS remained stable from month 3 to month 12, and ARR decreased compared to ARR in the 24 months prior treatment. Treatment was paralleled by an increased frequency of circulating NK cells, due primarily to an increase in CD56

Indexed as

AdultCellular SenescenceFemaleFingolimod HydrochlorideHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsKiller Cells, NaturalLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedMultiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-RemittingProspective StudiesFingolimod HydrochlorideImmunosuppressive AgentsFingolimodInnate lymphoid cells (ILCs)Multiple sclerosis (MS)Natural killer (NK) cellsSphingosin-1-phosphate receptor (S1PR)

Identifiers

PMID34244929
PMCPMC8608997
OpenAlexW3178942520

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