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Can future disease activity in multiple sclerosis be predicted by characteristics of T cell subsets?
Author(s) -
Niino Masaaki
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical and experimental neuroimmunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 1759-1961
DOI - 10.1111/cen3.12337
Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , disease , relapsing remitting , medicine , correlation , cytokine , immunology , oncology , mathematics , geometry
Clinical predictive markers for future relapses and disease prognosis have not been established in multiple sclerosis. Song et al. reported a correlation between several pro‐inflammatory cytokine‐producing T cells in remission phase and annualized relapse rates, and discussed their potential as predictive markers of disease activity.