Immunological effects of methylprednisolone pulse treatment in progressive multiple sclerosis

R Ratzer; J Romme Christensen; B Romme Nielsen; P S Sørensen; L Börnsen; F Sellebjerg

doi:10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.08.623

Immunological effects of methylprednisolone pulse treatment in progressive multiple sclerosis

R Ratzer, J Romme Christensen, B Romme Nielsen, P S Sørensen, L Börnsen, F Sellebjerg

Department of Clinical Medicine

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effect of monthly oral methylprednisolone pulse treatment in progressive MS. Methods: 30 progressive MS patients were treated with oral methylprednisolone every month. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. Results: Out of 102 leukocyte phenotypes investigated, 25 changed at nominal significance from baseline to week 12 (p < 0.05). After correction for multiple comparisons, we found 5 subpopulations that changed compared to baseline. No pattern were suggesting modulation of Th17 or TFH cells. Conclusion: Methylprednisolone pulse treatment has some effects on circulating immune cells but does not modulate markers of Th17 and TFH cell activity in progressive MS.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Neuroimmunology
Volume	276
Issue number	1-2
Pages (from-to)	195-201
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0165-5728
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.08.623
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2014

Keywords

Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Female
Flow Cytometry
Humans
Leukocytes, Mononuclear
Male
Methylprednisolone
Middle Aged
Multiple Sclerosis
Severity of Illness Index

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