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B-Cell Activity Predicts Response to Glatiramer Acetate and Interferon in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Sabine Tacke, Stefan Braune, Damiano M. Rovituso, Tjalf Ziemssen, Paul V. Lehmann, Heidi Dikow, Arnfin Bergmann, Stefanie Kuerten
First published March 11, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000980
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vol. 8 no. 3 e980
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000980
PubMed: 
33707177
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received July 23, 2020
  • Accepted in final form January 12, 2021
  • First Published March 11, 2021.
Copyright & Usage: 
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND), which permits downloading and sharing the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.

Author Disclosures

    1. Sabine Tacke, MSc (sabine.tacke{at}fau.de),
    2. Stefan Braune, MD (sbraune{at}neurotransdata.com),
    3. Damiano M. Rovituso, PhD (damianorovituso{at}yahoo.de),
    4. Tjalf Ziemssen, MD (tjalf.ziemssen{at}uniklinikum-dresden.de),
    5. Paul V. Lehmann, MD (paul.lehmann{at}immunospot.com),
    6. Heidi Dikow, MSc (hdikow{at}neurotransdata.com),
    7. Arnfin Bergmann, MD (abergmann{at}neurotransdata.com) and
    8. Stefanie Kuerten, MD, PhD
  1. Sabine Tacke, MSc (sabine.tacke{at}fau.de),
    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

  2. Stefan Braune, MD (sbraune{at}neurotransdata.com),
    3. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. 1) Biogen 2) NeuroTransData

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. 1) NeuroTransData

    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

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

  3. Damiano M. Rovituso, PhD (damianorovituso{at}yahoo.de),
    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. (1) Biorasi GmbH (CRO), CTA/CRA, >1 year (Apr 2019 - ongoing) (2) Uniklinik Würzburg, Postdoc, < 1 year (Dec 2017 - Jul 2018) (3) University of Würzburg, Postdoc, 1 year (Aug 2016 - Oct 2017) (employment related to this manuscript)

    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

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    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

  4. Tjalf Ziemssen, MD (tjalf.ziemssen{at}uniklinikum-dresden.de),
    5. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. (1) Bayer Healthcare (2) Biogen Idec (3) Novartis (4) Merck Serono (5) Teva (6) Genzyme (7) Roche (8) Celgene; all commercial

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. Speaker honorarium for all commercial entities (1) Bayer Healthcare (2) Biogen Idec (3) Sanofi Genzyme (4) Celgene (5) Roche (6) Novartis (7) Teva (8) Almirall (o) Merck

    Editorial Boards:

    1. (1) BMC Neurology, Section editor, demyelinating disorders, since 2016

    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. (1) Biogen Idec (2) Sanofi Genzyme (3) Novartis (4) Teva

    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

  5. Paul V. Lehmann, MD (paul.lehmann{at}immunospot.com),
    6. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. I am co-inventor on an issued patent that uses B cell ELISPOT to diagnose Multiple Sclerosis

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. I am the Founder and CEO of CTL, a company that focuses on ELISPOT-based immune diagnostic.

    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

  6. Heidi Dikow, MSc (hdikow{at}neurotransdata.com),
    7. 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. NeuroTransData GmbH, Data Scientist, 3 years

    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. Arnfin Bergmann, MD (abergmann{at}neurotransdata.com) and
    8. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. (1) NeuroTransData GmbH

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. (1) Novartis (2) Servier

    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

  8. Stefanie Kuerten, MD, PhD
    9. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. (1) Novartis

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. (1) Novartis (2) Sanofi Genzyme (3) Roche

    Editorial Boards:

    1. (1) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Associate Editor, 2020-now (2) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Special Issue Guest Editor, 2020 (3) BMC Neurology, Associate Editor, 2013-now

    Patents:

    1. (1) ELISPOT technology for the detection of autoimmune responses

    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. (1) NeuroTransData GmbH

    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:

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  1. From the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology (S.T., D.M.R., S.K.), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany; NeuroTransData (S.B., H.D., A.B.), Neuburg an der Donau, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.Z.), Center of Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany; and Research and Development Department (P.V.L.), Cellular Technology Limited, Shaker Heights, OH.
  1. Correspondence
    Dr. Kuerten stefanie.kuerten{at}uni-bonn.de
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