{"title":"Combination biologics or targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in the treatment of spondyloarthritis: a systematic literature review.","authors":"Rand Abedalweli, Michelle Nguyen, Atul Deodhar","doi":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2327589","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2327589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The advent of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) have transformed the management of immune-mediated rheumatic diseases, including spondylarthritis (SpA). However, the data about combining b/ts DMARDs in the treatment of SpA are scarce. The study objectives were to assess the efficacy and safety of combination b/tsDMARD in SpA.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted systematic literature review (PubMed and Medline) with two independent reviewers, one adjudicator, exploring the efficacy and safety of combination b/tsDMARDs in the treatment of SpA. Inclusion criteria were studies published in last 20 years, English language, interventions included use of two b/tsDMARDs, and minimal three-month follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 1936 initial hits, 28 manuscripts fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Two were randomized controlled trials, and the remaining were retrospective cohort studies or case series. Combination of apremilast with bDMARD, or TNF inhibitor plus IL12/23 inhibitor were the commonest and reported good efficacy with no increased safety signal.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is not enough data to fully evaluate efficacy and safety of combination b/tsDMARDs in SpA treatment. Limited information shows apremilast plus bDMARD, or TNF inhibitor plus IL12/23 inhibitor combination to be efficacious and safe. Randomized controlled trials and larger cohort with a longer follow-up are required.</p>","PeriodicalId":12175,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"735-743"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140174086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Svetlana Eckert, Dejan Jakimovski, Robert Zivadinov, Mark Hicar, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
{"title":"How to and should we target EBV in MS?","authors":"Svetlana Eckert, Dejan Jakimovski, Robert Zivadinov, Mark Hicar, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman","doi":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2328739","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2328739","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) remains unknown. Pathogenesis likely relies on a complex interaction between multiple environmental, genetic, and behavioral risk factors. However, a growing body of literature supports the role of a preceding Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in the majority of cases.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>In this narrative review, we summarize the latest findings regarding the potential role of EBV as a predisposing event inducing new onset of MS. EBV interactions with the genetic background and other infectious agents such as human endogenous retrovirus are explored. Additional data regarding the role of EBV regarding the rate of mid- and long-term disease progression is also discussed. Lastly, the effect of currently approved disease-modifying therapies (DMT) for MS treatment on the EBV-based molecular mechanisms and the development of new EBV-specific therapies are further reviewed.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>Recent strong epidemiological findings support that EBV may be the primary inducing event in certain individuals that shortly thereafter develop MS. More studies are needed in order to better understand the significant variability in susceptibility based on environmental factors such as EBV exposure. Future investigations should focus on determining the specific EBV-related risk antigen(s) and phenotyping people with likely EBV-induced MS. Targeting EBV via several different avenues, including development of an EBV vaccine, may become the mainstay of MS treatment in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":12175,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"703-714"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140109776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta C Amaral, F Seguro Paula, Joana Caetano, Paul Rj Ames, J Delgado Alves
{"title":"Re-evaluation of nailfold capillaroscopy in discriminating primary from secondary Raynaud's phenomenon and in predicting systemic sclerosis: a randomised observational prospective cohort study.","authors":"Marta C Amaral, F Seguro Paula, Joana Caetano, Paul Rj Ames, J Delgado Alves","doi":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2313642","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2313642","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Primary Raynaud's phenomenon (pRP) is difficult to distinguish from secondary (sRP). Although nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) may detect early alterations, no universal criteria yet discriminate between pRP from sRP.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To create and validate two NFC scores that could distinguish pRP from sRP and that could predict systemic sclerosis (SSc), respectively.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed NFC on two separate cohorts with isolated RP, and recorded number of capillaries per field, enlarged/giant capillaries, crossed/bizarre patterns, microhemorrhages, neoangiogenesis, rarefaction, edema, blood flow velocity, stasis. By multivariate regression analysis, we evaluated the adjusted prognostic role of these features in a derivation cohort of 656 patients. Results were used to construct algorithm-based prognostic scores (A and B). These scores were then tested on a confirmation cohort of 219 patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Score A was unable to discriminate sRP from pRP (low negative predictive values with high positive predictive values for any cut-point); score B was unable to discriminate progression to SSc or a SSc-spectrum disorder (low positive predictive values with high negative predictive values for lower cut-points).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>NFC patterns, believed as specific, showed low discriminatory power and on their own are unable to reliably discriminate sRP from pRP or predict evolution to SSc.</p>","PeriodicalId":12175,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"665-672"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140093743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Updates on efficacy and safety janus kinase inhibitors in juvenile dermatomyositis.","authors":"Hanna Kim","doi":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2312819","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2312819","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare autoimmune disease most commonly with proximal weakness due to inflammation and characteristic skin rashes. Most patients have a chronic or polycyclic disease course on standard therapy so better treatments are needed. An interferon signature is well-established in key tissues of JDM. Janus kinase inhibitors (jakinibs), which can decrease IFN signaling, are therefore appealing as a targeted therapy.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>Herein is a review of the growing literature on JDM patients in jakinibs, including specifics of their jakinib exposure, summary of efficacy, disease features, and characteristics of patients treated, and safety parameters.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>The vast majority of refractory JDM patients respond to jakinib therapy, though they have varied features, doses, and previous/concurrent medications, and data is largely retrospective. Jakinibs are an exciting and promising treatment in JDM. Evaluation with larger prospective controlled studies is needed to answer remaining questions about jakinibs in JDM regarding dosing, which JDM patients to treat with jakinibs, potential biomarkers to use, and how best to monitor safety risks in JDM.</p>","PeriodicalId":12175,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"589-602"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11189608/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139650523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Virginie Doyen, Denyse Gautrin, Olivier Vandenplas, Jean-Luc Malo
{"title":"Comparison of high- and low-molecular-weight sensitizing agents causing occupational asthma: an evidence-based insight.","authors":"Virginie Doyen, Denyse Gautrin, Olivier Vandenplas, Jean-Luc Malo","doi":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2306885","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2306885","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The many substances used at the workplace that can cause sensitizer-induced occupational asthma are conventionally categorized into high-molecular-weight (HMW) agents and low-molecular-weight (LMW) agents, implying implicitly that these two categories of agents are associated with distinct phenotypic profiles and pathophysiological mechanisms.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>The authors conducted an evidence-based review of available data in order to identify the similarities and differences between HMW and LMW sensitizing agents.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>Compared with LMW agents, HMW agents are associated with a few distinct clinical features (i.e. concomitant work-related rhinitis, incidence of immediate asthmatic reactions and increase in fractional exhaled nitric oxide upon exposure) and risk factors (i.e. atopy and smoking). However, some LMW agents may exhibit 'HMW-like' phenotypic characteristics, indicating that LMW agents are a heterogeneous group of agents and that pooling them into a single group may be misleading. Regardless of the presence of detectable specific IgE antibodies, both HMW and LMW agents are associated with a mixed Th1/Th2 immune response and a predominantly eosinophilic pattern of airway inflammation. Large-scale multicenter studies are needed that use objective diagnostic criteria and assessment of airway inflammatory biomarkers to identify the pathobiological pathways involved in OA caused by the various non-protein agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":12175,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"635-653"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139485222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timothy Kaniecki, Michael Hughes, Zsuzsanna McMahan
{"title":"Managing gastrointestinal manifestations in systemic sclerosis, a mechanistic approach.","authors":"Timothy Kaniecki, Michael Hughes, Zsuzsanna McMahan","doi":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2320205","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2320205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease with heterogeneous presentation. Gastrointestinal (GI) complications of SSc are characterized by esophageal reflux, abnormal motility, and microbiome dysbiosis, which impact patient quality of life and mortality. Preventative therapeutics are lacking, with management primarily aimed at symptomatic control.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>A broad literature review was conducted through electronic databases and references from key articles. We summarize the physiology of gastric acid production and GI motility to provide context for existing therapies, detail the current understanding of SSc-GI disease, and review GI medications studied in SSc. Finally, we explore new therapeutic options. We propose a management strategy that integrates data on drug efficacy with knowledge of disease pathophysiology, aiming to optimize future therapeutic targets.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>SSc-GI complications remain a challenge for patients, clinicians, and investigators alike. Management presently focuses on treating symptoms and minimizing mucosal damage. Little evidence exists to suggest immunosuppressive therapy halts progression of GI involvement or reverses damage, leaving many unanswered questions about the optimal clinical approach. Further research focused on identifying patients at risk for GI progression, and the underlying mechanism(s) that drive disease will provide opportunities to prevent long-term damage, and significantly improve patient quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":12175,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"603-622"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11098704/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139971518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi Liao, Yan Yang, Guanghong Zhou, Lijuan Chen, Yang Yang, Shujin Guo, Qiunan Zuo, Jun Zou
{"title":"Anoikis and SPP1 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: integrating bioinformatics, cell, and animal studies to explore prognostic biomarkers and PI3K/AKT signaling regulation.","authors":"Yi Liao, Yan Yang, Guanghong Zhou, Lijuan Chen, Yang Yang, Shujin Guo, Qiunan Zuo, Jun Zou","doi":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2315218","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2315218","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to explore the relevance of anoikis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and identify associated biomarkers and signaling pathways.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Unsupervised consensus cluster analysis was employed to categorize IPF patients into subtypes. We utilized Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) and Protein-Protein Interaction network construction to identify anoikis-related modules and key genes. A prognostic signature was developed using Lasso and multivariate Cox regression analysis. Single-cell sequencing assessed hub gene expression in various cell types, and both cell and animal experiments confirmed IPF-related pathways.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified two distinct anoikis-associated subtypes with differing prognoses. WGCNA revealed essential hub genes, with SPP1 being prominent in the anoikis-related signature. The anoikis-related signature is effective in determining the prognosis of patients with IPF. Single-cell sequencing highlighted significant differences in SPP1 expression, notably elevated in fibroblasts derived from IPF patients. In vivo and in vitro experiments demonstrated that SPP1 enhances fibrosis in mouse lung fibroblasts by regulating p27 through the PI3K/Akt pathway.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our research demonstrates a robust prognostic signature associated with anoikis and highlights SPP1 as a pivotal regulator of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in pulmonary fibrosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":12175,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"679-693"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139691585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sparsentan: the first and only non-immunosuppressive therapy for the reduction of proteinuria in IgA nephropathy.","authors":"Howard Trachtman, Radko Komers, Jula Inrig","doi":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2319132","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2319132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>IgA nephropathy is one of the most common forms of glomerular disease. Patients with persistent proteinuria are at increased risk of progression to kidney failure. There is a significant need for safe and effective therapies to lower proteinuria in these patients. Sparsentan is a non-immunosuppressive agent that acts as a dual angiotensin and endothelin receptor antagonist. It lowers proteinuria in experimental models of glomerular disease and in affected patients.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>This review covers the immunological and non-immunological actions of sparsentan in glomerular disease. It reviews the clinical trials that evaluated the impact of the drug in pediatric and adult patients with IgA nephropathy. It places the use of sparsentan in an overall treatment paradigm for the full spectrum of patients with IgA nephropathy including nonspecific renoprotective agents such as inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis and SGLT2 transporter and immunosuppressive drugs. The review represents a search of the current literature about the effect of the drug on normal physiology and the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>The safety, tolerability, and therapeutic efficacy of sparsentan have been demonstrated in long-term studies of patients with primary glomerular diseases extending over 5 years. The evidence in support of a beneficial treatment effect of sparsentan is stronger in IgAN than in FSGS. It is anticipated that sparsentan will supplant the use of ACEI or ARB as the first-line therapy to reduce proteinuria prior to the implementation of immunosuppressive agents in patients with IgA nephropathy. It may be combined with other renoprotective drugs like SGLT2 inhibitors. Practice guidelines are needed to promote safe and effective use of this new drug by nephrologists caring for patients with IgAN in all clinical settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":12175,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"571-576"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139740764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christophe Dupont, A Wesley Burks, David M Fleischer, Katharine J Bee, Sarita Chainani, Hugh A Sampson
{"title":"Safety and efficacy of epicutaneous immunotherapy with DBV712 (peanut patch) in peanut allergy.","authors":"Christophe Dupont, A Wesley Burks, David M Fleischer, Katharine J Bee, Sarita Chainani, Hugh A Sampson","doi":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2315221","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2315221","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>DBV712 250 µg (also referred to as Viaskin Peanut or peanut patch; Viaskin is a trademark of DBV Technologies) is an innovative approach to epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT). The patch-based technology system facilitates peanut protein (allergen) absorption into the intact non-vascularized epidermis to promote desensitization to peanut while limiting systemic allergen exposure.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>Efficacy and safety in children have been evaluated in four completed phase 3 studies. Overall, the results from these studies have demonstrated the peanut patch to be superior in desensitization compared with placebo and safe for daily use over multiple years.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>These findings, as well as supportive evidence from phase 2 studies, confirm the potential for an effective treatment of peanut allergy in children. The purpose of this review is to summarize the safety and efficacy of the peanut patch in the treatment of peanut allergy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12175,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"623-633"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139697231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xi Chen, Lu Gao, Zhen Zhen, Ying Wang, Jia Na, Wen Yu, Zhiyu Tian, Yue Yuan, Suyun Qian
{"title":"Incidence of coronary artery lesions in children with recurrent Kawasaki disease.","authors":"Xi Chen, Lu Gao, Zhen Zhen, Ying Wang, Jia Na, Wen Yu, Zhiyu Tian, Yue Yuan, Suyun Qian","doi":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2314213","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1744666X.2024.2314213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Coronary artery lesions (CALs) are a major complication of Kawasaki disease (KD); however, data on CAL incidence and risk factors in recurrent KD are limited.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ninety-seven children with recurrent KD were retrospectively enrolled from 2013 to 2022, and CAL incidence was tracked during admission, discharge, and during follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Initially, 27.8% had CAL at admission and discharge, declining to 7.2% at 12 months post-discharge. Most patients (66 of 97, 68.0%) did not exhibit CAL at any of the time points, 7 cases presented CAL at all time points, indicating a persistent CAL. The remaining 20 cases presented CAL at admission but recovered at discharge or during follow-up. Notably, transient CALs had presented at discharge, or during the follow-up, but finally resolved at 12 months after discharge. Notably, prior IVIG resistance and increased prothrombin time seemed associated with CAL in recurrent KD, suggesting they could help identify patients needing close monitoring.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study highlights decreasing CAL incidence over time in recurrent KD but with diverse patterns, emphasizing the importance of monitoring and further investigations to confirm these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":12175,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"673-678"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139691586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}