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SUBMITTER: Thamilarasan M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3852967 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thamilarasan Madhan M Hecker Michael M Goertsches Robert Hermann RH Paap Brigitte Katrin BK Schröder Ina I Koczan Dirk D Thiesen Hans-Jürgen HJ Zettl Uwe Klaus UK
Journal of neuroinflammation 20131017
<h4>Background</h4>Glatiramer acetate (GA) is a mixture of synthetic peptides used in the treatment of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of GA therapy on the gene expression of monocytes.<h4>Methods</h4>Monocytes were isolated from the peripheral blood of eight RRMS patients. The blood was obtained longitudinally before the start of GA therapy as well as after one day, one week, one month and two months. Gene express ...[more]