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Swedish natalizumab (Tysabri) multiple sclerosis surveillance studyFredrik Piehl
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
Neurol Sci 31:289-93. 2011..Our results demonstrate good general tolerability and sustained efficacy of natalizumab for patients with severe MS, though the risk of PML remains a concern...
Inflammation and susceptibility to neurodegeneration: the use of unbiased genetics to decipher critical regulatory pathwaysF Piehl
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Neuroimmunology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, CMM, L8 4, Karolinska Hospital, S 17176, Stockholm, Sweden
Neuroscience 158:1143-50. 2009..Ultimately, a better knowledge about the interplay between the nervous system and the local and systemic immune system can define new ways of intervention in neurodegenerative processes...
Non-MHC gene regulation of nerve root injury induced spinal cord inflammation and neuron deathF Piehl
Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
J Neuroimmunol 101:87-97. 1999..Thus, non-MHC gene(s) regulate the inflammation and neuron death after nerve trauma by mechanisms not involving antigen-specific immune responses...
Regulatory effects of trophic factors on expression and distribution of CGRP and GAP-43 in rat motoneuronsF Piehl
Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
J Neurosci Res 51:1-14. 1998..The effect of a CGRP antagonist on GAP-43 in muscle indicates a role for CGRP in sprouting-related processes...
Reduction of both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines after 6 months of interferon beta-1a treatment of multiple sclerosisM Khademi
Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
J Neuroimmunol 103:202-10. 2000....
Genetic regulation of nerve avulsion-induced spinal cord inflammationT Olsson
Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, CMM L08 04, Karolinska Hospital, S 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Ann N Y Acad Sci 917:186-96. 2000....
Changes in the mRNA expression pattern, with special reference to calcitonin gene-related peptide, after axonal injuries in rat motoneurons depends on age and type of injuryF Piehl
Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Exp Brain Res 119:191-204. 1998..Of the substances studied here, upregulation of alpha-CGRP and p75 mRNAs best correlated with a possibility of axon regeneration...
Genetics of rat neuroinflammationT Olsson
Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Center for Molecular Medicine L8 04, Karolinska Hospital, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
J Neuroimmunol 107:191-200. 2000..The genetic dissection of these influences may unravel pathways controlling CNS vulnerability...
Neuroinflammation in the rat--CNS cells and their role in the regulation of immune reactionsF Piehl
Department of Medicine, Neuroimmunology Unit, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Immunol Rev 184:212-25. 2001....
Decreased expression of VEGF-A in rat experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and in cerebrospinal fluid mononuclear cells from patients with multiple sclerosisE Tham
Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Scand J Immunol 64:609-22. 2006..These results demonstrate a complex regulation of VEGF-A during neuroinflammation and suggest that VEGF-B is not involved in the pathogenesis of MS...
High levels of 15-oxygenated steroids in circulation of patients with multiple sclerosis: fact or fiction?I Bjorkhem
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
J Lipid Res 52:170-4. 2011..We conclude that if present there are trace amounts only of the above 15-oxygenated steroids in human circulation and that the role of such oxysterols as pathogenetic factors and biomarkers must be reconsidered...
Expression of MHC class I heavy chain and beta2-microglobulin in rat brainstem motoneurons and nigral dopaminergic neuronsH Linda
Department of Neurology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
J Neuroimmunol 101:76-86. 1999..We find it striking that these particular neurons are those which are vulnerable to neurodegeneration in diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...
A comparative study of the expression patterns for vegf, vegf-b/vrf and vegf-c in the developing and adult mouseJ Lagercrantz
Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Biochim Biophys Acta 1398:157-63. 1998..There are at present at least three specific effectors of vascular proliferation with clear differences in their expression...
Differential expression of neurotrophic factors and inflammatory cytokines by myelin basic protein-specific and other recruited T cells infiltrating the central nervous system during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisS Muhallab
Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine L8 04, Karolinska Hospital, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden
Scand J Immunol 55:264-73. 2002....
Neurodegeneration and glial activation patterns after mechanical nerve injury are differentially regulated by non-MHC genes in congenic inbred rat strainsC Lundberg
Department of Medicine, Neuroimmunology Unit, Karolinska Hospital, S171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
J Comp Neurol 431:75-87. 2001....
Expression of insulin-like growth factors and corresponding binding proteins (IGFBP 1-6) in rat spinal cord and peripheral nerve after axonal injuriesH Hammarberg
Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
J Comp Neurol 400:57-72. 1998..The robust upregulation of IGFBP-6 mRNA in lesioned motoneurons suggests that this binding protein may be of special relevance for the severed cells...
The effects of natalizumab on inflammatory mediators in multiple sclerosis: prospects for treatment-sensitive biomarkersM Khademi
Neuroimmunology Unit, CMM, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Neurol 16:528-36. 2009....
Increased brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in white blood cells of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patientsA Gielen
Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Scand J Immunol 57:493-7. 2003..These results provide additional evidence that a potentially neuroprotective facet of autoimmune inflammation is present in MS...
Induction of VEGF and VEGF receptors in the spinal cord after mechanical spinal injury and prostaglandin administrationM Skold
Department of Neuroscience, Nobels vag 12a, Karolinska Institutet, S 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Neurosci 12:3675-86. 2000....
Sequence and expression of the mouse homologue to human phospholipase C beta3 neighboring geneJ Lagercrantz
Department of Molecular Medicine, Clinical Genetics Unit, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 223:335-40. 1996..In late stage embryos, png was highly expressed in skeletal muscle, retina and neocortex. In the adult animal, expression was restricted to testis and thymus...
Differential subcellular localization of SNAP-25a and SNAP-25b RNA transcripts in spinal motoneurons and plasticity in expression after nerve injuryG Jacobsson
Berzelius Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Brain Res Mol Brain Res 37:49-62. 1996..This study shows that, in spinal motoneurons, SNAP-25a and SNAP-25b RNA transcripts have different subcellular localization and that levels of SNAP-25 RNA transcripts are down-regulated after axonal injury...
Mapping of the human Ca2+ channel beta 4 subunit to 2q22-23 and its expression in developing mouseR Betz
Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Mamm Genome 9:310-1. 1998
Properties of motoneurons underlying their regenerative capacity after axon lesions in the ventral funiculus or at the surface of the spinal cordS Cullheim
Department of Neuroscience, Retzius väg 8 B3 3, Karolinska Institutet, SE 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
Brain Res Brain Res Rev 40:309-16. 2002..These results should be considered in the design of combined pharmacological and surgical approaches to lesions of motor axons at or close to the CNS-PNS interface...
Characterization of the human synaptogyrin gene familyD Kedra
Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Hum Genet 103:131-41. 1998..The C-terminal polypeptide ends are variable in length, display a low degree of sequence similarity between family members, and are therefore likely to convey the functional specificity of each protein...
Expression of the VEGF-related factor gene in pre- and postnatal mouseJ Lagercrantz
Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 220:147-52. 1996..At 17 days post coitum expression is almost exclusively seen in heart, brown fat and spinal cord. This pattern of expression could be consistent with a role of vrf as a growth factor in these tissues...
