| Literature DB >> 19647880 |
Hye-Jung Kim1, Cha-Gyun Jung, Danuta Dukala, Hyun Bae, Rafael Kakazu, Robert Wollmann, Betty Soliven.
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We investigated potential therapeutic effects of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulators FTY720 (fingolimod) and selective S1P1 agonist SEW2871 on a spontaneous autoimmune polyneuropathy (SAP) when given orally at 7 mo (anticipated disease onset) for 4 weeks. Clinical severity, electrophysiologic and histological findings were ameliorated in mice treated with 1 mg/kg of FTY720. Subsequent studies showed that SEW2871 was also effective in halting the progression of SAP, which was accompanied by decreased proliferative and cytokine responses to myelin protein zero (P0), and an increase in regulatory T cells. We conclude that S1P receptor modulators may play a therapeutic role in autoimmune neuropathies.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19647880 PMCID: PMC2745511 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2009.07.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuroimmunol ISSN: 0165-5728 Impact factor: 3.478