Natalizumab-induced POU2AF1/Spi-B upregulation
A possible route for PML development
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- Received November 5, 2015
- Accepted in final form February 10, 2016
- First Published March 31, 2016.
Author Disclosures
- Maria Meira, PhD,
- Claudia Sievers, PhD,
- Francine Hoffmann, BSc,
- Aiden Haghikia, MD,
- Maria Rasenack, MD,
- Bernhard F. Décard, MD,
- Jens Kuhle, MD,
- Tobias Derfuss, MD,
- Ludwig Kappos, MD and
- Raija L.P. Lindberg, PhD
- Maria Meira, PhD,
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- Claudia Sievers, PhD,
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- Francine Hoffmann, BSc,
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- Aiden Haghikia, MD,
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- Maria Rasenack, MD,
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- Bernhard F. Décard, MD,
Bernhard D?card received for the institution (University Hospital Basel) fees from advisory boards or speaker fees from Biogen, Teva and Novartis, that were used exclusively for research support.
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Bernhard D?card received for the institution (University Hospital Basel) fees from advisory boards or speaker fees from Biogen, Teva and Novartis, that were used exclusively for research support. Dr. Bernhard D?card received travel support from Biogen.
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Bernhard D?card received for the institution (University Hospital Basel) fees from advisory boards or speaker fees from Biogen, Teva and Novartis, that were used exclusively for research support.
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- Jens Kuhle, MD,
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JK?s institution (University Hospital Basel) received in the last 3 years and used exclusively for research support: Speaker honoraria: (1) Swiss MS Society (2) Biogen (3) Novartis (4) Roche (5) Genzyme Travel expenses: (1) Merck Serono (2) Novartis
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(1) Bayer (Schweiz) AG (2) Genzyme (3) Novartis
(1) Swiss National Research Foundation
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(1) ECTRIMS Research Fellowship Programme (2) University of Basel (3) Swiss MS Society
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- Tobias Derfuss, MD,
Scientific advisory boards for (1) Biogen Idec (2) Novartis Pharma (3) Genzyme (4) Merck Serono (5) Bayer Schering (6) Octapharma (7) GeNeuro (8) Roche
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travel and speaker honoraria from (1) Bayer Schering (2) Biogen Idec (3) Merck Serono (4) Novartis Pharma (5) Genzyme
Member of the Editorial board of Plos One
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My wife is an employee of Novartis Pharma.
Member of steering committee in Phase II studies by Mitsubishi Pharma and by GeNeuro
)(1) Biogen Idec (2)Novartis Pharma (3) Merck Serono
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(1)PI of a projected funded by the Swiss National Foundation
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(1) Swiss MS Society
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- Ludwig Kappos, MD and
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(1)Multiple Sclerosis Journal, (2)Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (3)Journal of Neurology member of the Editorial Board
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(1)Actelion, (2)Alkermes, (3)Almirall, (4)Bayer,(5)Biogen Idec, (6)Excemed,(7)GeNeuro SA, (8)Genzyme, (9)Merck, (10)Mitsubishi, (11)Novartis, (12)Receptos, (13)Pfizer, (14)Roche, (15)Sanofi-Aventis, (16)Santhera, (17)Teva, (18)UCB all payments have been transferred to the Research Account of the University Hospital
Research support by the Swiss National Research Foundation and the European Union
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The Swiss MS Society and Novartis and Roche Research Foundations.
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- Raija L.P. Lindberg, PhD
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(1) Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (2) Swiss National Science Foundation, 2011-2013, 2015-2017 (3) Roche Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, 2010-2013
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- From Clinical Neuroimmunology (M.M., C.S., F.H., M.R., B.F.D., J.K., T.D., L.K., R.L.P.L.), Departments of Biomedicine and Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland; and Department of Neurology (A.H.), St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
- Correspondence to Prof. Lindberg: Raija.lindberg{at}unibas.ch
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