Multiple sclerosis: reprogramming the immune repertoire with alemtuzumab in MS

Heinz Wiendl1, Bernd Kieseier

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48129 Münster, Germany. heinz.wiendl@ukmuenster.de

Nature Reviews. Neurology
|January 30, 2013
PubMed

Results from two phase III trials show the potency of alemtuzumab—a T-cell and B-cell depleting antibody—in reducing clinical and paraclinical measures of disease activity in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis. The effects of this immunotherapeutic agent highlight the relevance of T lymphocytes in the early pathogenesis of disease.