Abstract
Laquinimod, is a potential oral immunomodulatory drug, for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).We analyzed the blood-transcriptional changes in RRMS patients (who participated in the ALLEGRO clinical trial) at one and six months after laquinimod treatment using gene expression microarrays.The molecular effects of laquinimod were enhanced by duration of treatment and showed down-regulation of inflammatory responses mainly via TGFb signaling, and of pro-inflammatory cytokines as well as of cellular movement, including adhesion, migration and leukocyte extravasation signaling.Our results demonstrate that laquinimod suppresses inflammation through down-regulation of inflammatory cytokines and arrest of leukocyte extravasation and thereby could attenuate disease activity in RRMS patients.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11-16 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Neuroimmunology |
| Volume | 283 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Jun 2015 |
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Keywords
- Gene expression microarray
- Laquinimod
- Multiple sclerosis
- Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
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