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October 2014; 1 (3) Clinical/Scientific NotesOpen Access

Avidity of vaccine-induced influenza IgG fails to increase in fingolimod-treated patients with MS

Matthias Mehling, Dominik Eichin, Patricia Hafner, Gideon Hönger, Ludwig Kappos, Christoph Hess
First published September 11, 2014, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000028
Matthias Mehling
From the Immunobiology Laboratory/Department of Biomedicine and Medical Outpatient Department (M.M., D.E., G.H., C.H.) and the Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroimmunology Laboratory/Department of Biomedicine (M.M., P.H., L.K.), University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
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Dominik Eichin
From the Immunobiology Laboratory/Department of Biomedicine and Medical Outpatient Department (M.M., D.E., G.H., C.H.) and the Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroimmunology Laboratory/Department of Biomedicine (M.M., P.H., L.K.), University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
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Patricia Hafner
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Gideon Hönger
From the Immunobiology Laboratory/Department of Biomedicine and Medical Outpatient Department (M.M., D.E., G.H., C.H.) and the Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroimmunology Laboratory/Department of Biomedicine (M.M., P.H., L.K.), University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
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Ludwig Kappos
From the Immunobiology Laboratory/Department of Biomedicine and Medical Outpatient Department (M.M., D.E., G.H., C.H.) and the Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroimmunology Laboratory/Department of Biomedicine (M.M., P.H., L.K.), University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
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Avidity of vaccine-induced influenza IgG fails to increase in fingolimod-treated patients with MS
Matthias Mehling, Dominik Eichin, Patricia Hafner, Gideon Hönger, Ludwig Kappos, Christoph Hess
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm Oct 2014, 1 (3) e28; DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000028

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vol. 1 no. 3 e28
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000028

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received February 26, 2014
  • Accepted in final form August 8, 2014
  • First Published September 11, 2014.

Copyright & Usage: 
© 2014 American Academy of Neurology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial No Derivative 3.0 License, which permits downloading and sharing the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.

Author Disclosures

    1. Matthias Mehling, MD,
    2. Dominik Eichin, MSc,
    3. Patricia Hafner, MD,
    4. Gideon Hönger, BSc,
    5. Ludwig Kappos, MD* and
    6. Christoph Hess, MD, PhD*
  1. Matthias Mehling, MD,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  3. Dominik Eichin, MSc,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. (1) University of Turku

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  5. Patricia Hafner, MD,
  6. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  7. Gideon Hönger, BSc,
  8. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  9. Ludwig Kappos, MD* and
  10. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. (1)Multiple Sclerosis Journal, (2)Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (3)Journal of Neurology

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. all less than 500 USD

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. (1)Actelion, (2)Addex,(3)Bayer Health Care,(4)Biogen Idec, (5)Biotica, (6)CSL Behring, (7)Genzyme,(8)Lilly,(9) Merck Serono, (10)Mitsubishi, (11)Novartis,(12)Ono Pharma, (13)Pfizer, (14) Receptos, (15) Roche, (16)Sanofi-aventis, (17)Santhera, (18)Siemens, (19)Teva, (20)UCB, (21)Xenoport I have also lectured at medical conferences or in public on various aspects of the diagnosis and management of multiple sclerosis. In many cases these talks have been sponsored by non-restricted educational grants from one or another of the above listed companies. Honoraria and other payments for all these activities have been exclusively used for funding of research of my department. Research and the clinical operations (nursing and patient care services) of the MS Center in Basel have been supported by non-restricted grants from one or more of these companies.

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. Research support by the Swiss National Research Foundation and the European Union

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. The Swiss MS Society and Novartis and Roche Research Foundations.

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  11. Christoph Hess, MD, PhD*
  12. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Swiss National Science Foundation (310030_153059)

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  1. From the Immunobiology Laboratory/Department of Biomedicine and Medical Outpatient Department (M.M., D.E., G.H., C.H.) and the Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroimmunology Laboratory/Department of Biomedicine (M.M., P.H., L.K.), University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
  1. Correspondence to Dr. Kappos: lkappos{at}uhbs.ch or Dr. Hess: chess{at}uhbs.ch
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