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Therapeutic tolerance in autoimmune disease

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Fiona Rayner, Professor John IsaacsORCiD

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Abstract

© 2018 Experimental immune tolerance induction, enabling tissues to be transplanted across animal strains, was first demonstrated in the 1950s. Therapeutic tolerance induction, whereby immune tolerance is used to treat or prevent transplant rejection, and as a treatment for autoimmunity, followed in the 1980s. Clinical translation has been slow but the pace of change is accelerating. Numerous strategies are now being tested clinically, ranging from monoclonal antibodies against T-cells, to peptide therapies, cellular therapies and microbiome manipulation. Furthermore, technology has advanced to the stage where we can start to monitor serological and cellular autoreactivity as biomarkers of response. In terms of autoimmunity, recognition of the prolonged phase of preclinical autoimmunity in several conditions, is leading to debate around treatment of at risk individuals, and trials in patients with prodromal clinical symptoms, such as seropositive arthralgia. Additionally, potent immunomodulatory drugs are achieving a substantial track record of safety. Putting these various factors together suggests that we can soon expect to see more trials of tolerogenic strategies in pre-clinical disease, with intensive immune monitoring to guide therapy.

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Author(s): Rayner F, Isaacs JD

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Year: 2018

Volume: 48

Issue: 3

Pages: 558-562

Print publication date: 01/12/2018

Online publication date: 28/09/2018

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

ISSN (print): 0049-0172

ISSN (electronic): 1532-866X

Publisher: W.B. Saunders

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.09.008

DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.09.008

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