Abstract:IMPORTANCE Demonstration of efficacious antigen-specific therapy in multiple sclerosis. OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and efficacy of transdermally applied myelin peptides in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. DESIGN One-year double-blind, placebo-controlled cohort study. SETTING Referral center. PARTICIPANTS Thirty outpatients aged 18 to 55 years with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. INTERVENTION Skin patch with a mixture of 3 myelin peptides, MBP85-99, MOG35-55, and PLP139-155. MAI… Show more
“…Peptide fragments of three main myelin proteins, MBP, PLP and MOG, were given to patients transdermally, using patches stuck to the skin of the arm. There was a reduction in the number of lesions visible in MRI imaging and the annual relapse rate in patients treated transdermally with myelin antigens in comparison to the placebo group [15,38].…”
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Oral tolerance is the natural occurring phenomenon of a decreased immune response to previously fed antigens, which prevents induction of a response to dietary antigens. One of the mechanisms is deletion of T lym-
“…Peptide fragments of three main myelin proteins, MBP, PLP and MOG, were given to patients transdermally, using patches stuck to the skin of the arm. There was a reduction in the number of lesions visible in MRI imaging and the annual relapse rate in patients treated transdermally with myelin antigens in comparison to the placebo group [15,38].…”
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Oral tolerance is the natural occurring phenomenon of a decreased immune response to previously fed antigens, which prevents induction of a response to dietary antigens. One of the mechanisms is deletion of T lym-
“…40 Moreover, a small trial enrolling 14 MS patients showed that the passive diffusion of myelin-related peptides through the skin induces some improvements in the disease, namely reducing the incidence of relapses and the area of lesion (assessed by MRI). 41 These findings highlight the potential of this route of administration in immunotolerance-based therapies (Figure 1).…”
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“…Compared with a placebo, the treatment achieved a statistically significant drop in MS disease activity, as measured by magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. Patients assigned to the therapy also had far fewer relapses 10 .…”
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