在一线治疗失败后,用tocilizumab治疗单侧皮质脑炎的临床病理相关性

Samir Alkabie1, Samer Ali2, Saeed Asiry2

  • 1Department of Neurology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, United States.

Journal of neuroimmunology
|September 28, 2025
PubMed

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在标准疗法失败后,托西利祖马布有效地治疗了一种罕见的单侧皮质脑炎病例. 这种互白素-6受体阻断剂突出显示了自身免疫性脑炎中的免疫机制.

科学领域:

  • 神经免疫学 神经免疫学
  • 神经学 神经学
  • 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学

背景情况:

  • 单侧皮质脑炎是一种罕见的神经疾病.
  • 标准治疗可能会失败,需要替代治疗策略.
  • 了解免疫机制对于引导自身免疫性脑炎治疗至关重要.

研究的目的:

  • 描述一个罕见的单边皮质脑炎病例的临床病理发现.
  • 评估一线治疗失败后对托西利祖马布的治疗反应.
  • 探索潜在的免疫机制,涉及到疾病的发病.

主要方法:

  • 病例报告详细介绍了一名49岁的男性患者.
  • 临床表现:发烧,,半皮层缺陷.
  • 诊断工作包括MRI,18F-FDG-PET,广泛的代谢/感染/恶性查以及神经自身抗体测试.
  • 大脑活检显示了微质激活,BBB破坏和T细胞透.
  • 在失败的脉类固醇和IVIG后托西利祖马布 (tocilizumab) 给药后评估的治疗反应.

主要成果:

  • 患者呈现急性单半球脑性综合征,MRI和PET显示皮质炎症的证据.
  • 广泛的检查对常见病因是负面的;神经自身抗体不存在.
  • 最初的治疗方法 (类固醇,IVIG) 是无效的.
  • 托西利祖马布与脉冲类固醇相结合,导致认知,言语,步态和成像异常的分辨率显著恢复.
  • 病理学显示微质激活,BBB破坏和T细胞透,IL-18升高.

结论:

  • 托西利祖马布是一种IL-6受体抑制剂,在这种罕见的脑炎病例中表现出有效性.
  • 托西利祖马布的推理涉及IL-6在T细胞分化和中枢神经系统炎症中的作用.
  • 这一案例强调了临床病理相关性和细胞因子分析对于选择抗体阴性自身免疫脑炎的免疫治疗的重要性.
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