T-Cell Specificity Influences Disease Heterogeneity in Multiple Sclerosis
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- Received April 26, 2021
- Accepted in final form July 15, 2021
- First Published September 17, 2021.
Author Disclosures
- Carolina Cruciani, PhD* (carolina.cruciani{at}gmail.com),
- Marco Puthenparampil, MD, PhD* (marco.puthenparampil{at}unipd.it),
- Paula Tomas-Ojer (paulatomasojer{at}gmail.com),
- Ivan Jelcic, PhD (ivan.jelcic.private{at}gmail.com),
- Maria Jose Docampo, PhD (maria.docampo{at}usz.ch),
- Raquel Planas, PhD (raquel.planasbas{at}gmail.com),
- Praveena Manogaran, PhD (praveena.manogaran{at}roche.com),
- Roland Opfer (roland.opfer{at}jung-diagnostics.de),
- Carla Wicki, PhD (wickic{at}student.ethz.ch),
- Markus Reindl, PhD (markus.reindl{at}i-med.ac.at),
- Ilijas Jelcic, MD, PhD (ilijas.jelcic{at}usz.ch),
- Andreas Lutterotti, MD (andreas.lutterotti{at}usz.ch),
- Roland Martin, MD, PhD (roland.martin{at}usz.ch) and
- Mireia Sospedra, PhD
- Carolina Cruciani, PhD* (carolina.cruciani{at}gmail.com),
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- Marco Puthenparampil, MD, PhD* (marco.puthenparampil{at}unipd.it),
Puthenparampil Marco has been consultant for Genzyme, and Novartis.
Puthenparampil Marco has been consultant for Novartis.
Puthenparampil Marco received travel grant from Novartis, Genzyme, Biogen Idec, Teva, Almirall and Sanofi Aventis.
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- Paula Tomas-Ojer (paulatomasojer{at}gmail.com),
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1. MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme, Clinical Research Associate, 1 year
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- Ivan Jelcic, PhD (ivan.jelcic.private{at}gmail.com),
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(1) Ivan Jelcic is currently employee of Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Senior Scientist, since June 2020. However, the employment at Roche is not related to the submitted manuscript/data and contribution is only based on work previously performed as a group member at the University Hospital Zurich.
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- Maria Jose Docampo, PhD (maria.docampo{at}usz.ch),
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- Raquel Planas, PhD (raquel.planasbas{at}gmail.com),
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- Praveena Manogaran, PhD (praveena.manogaran{at}roche.com),
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I am currently employed by F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG. No part of my contribution to this paper was completed while employed at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG.
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- Roland Opfer (roland.opfer{at}jung-diagnostics.de),
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jung diagnostics GmbH, Hamburg, GermanyResearch director since 2013
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- Carla Wicki, PhD (wickic{at}student.ethz.ch),
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(1) Teva, funding for travel to ECTRIMS congress 2017(2) Merck Sereno, funding for travel to ECTRIMS congress 2018
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- Markus Reindl, PhD (markus.reindl{at}i-med.ac.at),
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PLOS ONE, academic editor, 2012,
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The University Hospital and Medical University of Innsbruck (Austria, Markus Reindl) receive payments for antibody assays (NMDAR, AQP4 and other autoantibodies) and for MOG and AQP4 antibody validation experiments organized by Euroimmun (Luebeck, Germany).
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Euroimmun AG, Germany; Roche, Switzerland
(1) Austrian Science Funds (FWF), project P32699, PI, 2019-2022 (2) Austrian Research promotion Agency (FFG), Bridge 1 project Nr. 853209, PI, 2016-2018 (3) Austrian Science Funds (FWF), project W1206, PI, 2007-2018
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- Ilijas Jelcic, MD, PhD (ilijas.jelcic{at}usz.ch),
(1) Neuway (2) Merck (3) Novartis (4) Celgene (5) Bristol Myers Squibb (6) Sanofi-Aventis
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Novartis, speaker honoraria Sanofi-Aventis, speaker honoraria
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- Andreas Lutterotti, MD (andreas.lutterotti{at}usz.ch),
Almirall, Bayer, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, SanofiGenzyme, Roche, Celgene
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Travel support from European Charcot Foundation, Fundacio GAEM Biogen, Merck, Novartis, SanofiGenzyme, BMS/Celgene, Roche
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Listed as an author on a University of Zurich patent on
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Co-founder and shareholder of Cellerys, a Spin-off company of the University of Zurich pursuing antigen-specific immune tolerance in MS.
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Wyss Zurich, Swiss MS Society
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- Roland Martin, MD, PhD (roland.martin{at}usz.ch) and
RM received unrestricted grants from Biogen, Novartis, Roche and Third Rock Ventures, personal compensation for lecture or advisory board functions from Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi Aventis, Teva, Cell-Protect, Neuway and Third Rock Ventures.
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I have received personal compensation/honoraria for speaking at workshops or small meetings by Biogen and Merck & Serono, Novartis, Roche, Genzyme, Teva, Sanofi-Aventis.
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Together with B. Bielekova, H. McFarland and T. Waldmann I am a coholder of a patent claiming the therapeutic efficacy of anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody treatment in combination with IFN-b in MS. This patent is owned by NIH, but the patent holders receive periodic royalties. I have received royalties in the last five years. I am also inventor or co-inventor on University Zurich-held patents in the context of antigen-specific tolerization with peptide-coupled cells and for vaccination methods against progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
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I have been consulting for the Myelin Repair Foundation, The Weatherall Institute for Molecular Studies, University of Oxford, the German Research Society, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the Hertie Foundation. These are all non-profit academic or private institutions, foundations. I am a member of the Kuratorium of the Jung Foundation for Science, Hamburg, Germany, also a non-profit organization; the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society, also non-profit, and several other national MS societies, in each case non-profit.
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Novartis has given us financial support (unrestricted grant) to examine the effects of fingolimod on immune responses against herpes viruses. Biogen has given us financial support (unrestricted grant) to study the effects of natalizumab on the intrathecal antibody response in MS. We have also received unrestricted support for the department of neuroimmunology and MS research from Roche and Third Rock Ventures.
Swiss National Science Foundation (throughout last 8 years). European Union Seventh Framework Program. European Research Council Advanced Grant. Clinical Research Priority Program Multiple Sclerosis of the University Zurich for the last 6 years.
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I hold stock of Cellerys, a company aiming at antigen-specific tolerization, and of Abata Therapeutics, a company developing adoptive Treg therapy. If have not received any returns from the stock of these two entities.
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I had received royalty payments (periodically) from a NIH- Held patent on the use of anti-CD25 (daclizumab) in multiple sclerosis.
I am Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Cellerys (founded 2015), a startup company out of Univ. Zurich, which is pursuing antigen-specific tolerization. I am a Co-Founder of Abata Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA (founded 2021).
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- Mireia Sospedra, PhD
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Invited editor of the special issue `Understanding andElucidation of the Specificity of αβ-T cells`in Frontiersin Immunology
Sospedra, M., Martin, R., Planas, R., Jelcic, I., Santos,R., Pinilla, C. IMMUNODOMINANT PROTEINS AND FRAGMENTS INAUTOIMMUNE DISEASES. EP18180326.3 (2018).Jelcic, I., Martin, R., Schippling, S., Sospedra, M.,Yousef, S. POLYOMA VIRUS JC PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS INVACCINATION AND DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS WO Patent2,013,014,134 (2013)
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- From the Neuroimmunology and MS Research (NIMS) (C.C., M.P., P.T.O., I.J., M.J.D., R.P., P.M., C.W., I.J., A.L., R.M., M.S.), Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Neuroscience DNS (M.P.), University-Hospital of Padova, Italy; Jung Diagnostics GmbH (R.O.), HIP - Health Innovation Port, Germany; Department of Health Sciences and Technology (C.W.), ETH Zurich, Switzerland; and Clinical Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.
- Correspondence
Dr. Sospedra mireia.sospedraramos{at}usz.ch
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