title: Inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor-alpha: promising agents for the treatment of multiple sclerosis?
abstract: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is a critical inflammatory mediator of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis, and may therefore be a useful target for immunotherapy. Therapeutic strategies aimed at TNF include pharmacological inhibitors of TNF synthesis and/or processing and biological inhibitors of TNF effects. Several anti-TNF agents are currently being tested in multiple sclerosis in pilot clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hohlfeld
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004681:Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha