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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2024

Evaluating the Therapeutic Potential of Ublituximab in the Treatment of MS: Design, Development and Place in Therapy.

Sarah-Jane Martin, Melanie Guenette, Jiwon Oh

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Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Sarah-Jane MartinDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3600-4527
Melanie GuenetteDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Jiwon OhDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B cells are critical to the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. B cell depletion using anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has proven to be an extremely successful treatment strategy, with profound suppression of both clinical and radiological evidence of focal inflammatory disease. Several anti-CD20 mAbs are now licensed for use in MS, with ublituximab being the latest to gain regulatory approval. The unique properties of each of the anti-CD20 mAb may result in nuanced differences in timing, duration and depth of B cell depletion, with the potential for such differences to have a clinical relevance to both drug efficacy and adverse effects. In this review, we summarize the design, development, and current place in MS therapy for ublituximab.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalMultiple SclerosisAnimalsAntigens, CD20B-LymphocytesDrug DesignDrug DevelopmentHumansAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, CD20ublituximabanti-CD20 monoclonal antibodyB-cell therapymultiple sclerosisublituximab

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PMID39050801
PMCPMC11268567

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