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Teriflunomide induces a tolerogenic bias in blood immune cells of MS patients

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Teriflunomide, a disease‐modifying treatment approved for multiple sclerosis (MS), inhibits reversibly dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, an enzyme involved in de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis and down‐regulates proliferation of activated lymphocytes. We aimed to… Click to show full abstract

Teriflunomide, a disease‐modifying treatment approved for multiple sclerosis (MS), inhibits reversibly dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, an enzyme involved in de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis and down‐regulates proliferation of activated lymphocytes. We aimed to study the impact of this drug in the lymphocyte profiles of MS patients.

Keywords: blood immune; tolerogenic bias; induces tolerogenic; immune cells; bias blood; teriflunomide induces

Journal Title: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
Year Published: 2019

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