Article
Natural killer cells in relapsing-remitting MS: effect of treatment with interferon beta-1B.
Neurology - 15 Jan 1999
Kastrukoff L F, Morgan N G, Zecchini D, White R, Petkau A J, Satoh J, Paty D W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of treatment with interferon beta-1b (IFN-beta) on natural killer (NK) cell function and phenotype in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients, and their relationship to disease activity assessed both clinically and with serial MRI. BACKGROUND: NK cells may play a...
Topics
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Adult
- Double-Blind Method
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Interferon beta-1a
- Interferon beta-1b
- Interferon-beta
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Phenotype
- Recombinant Proteins
- Recurrence
- Remission Induction
