Cutting-edge research on rare neuroimmune diseases like NMOSD and MOGAD is continually underway, and hundreds of relevant papers are published in high-quality medical journals every year. With a view to keeping patients, caregivers, and HCPs abreast of key R&D developments related to these diseases, TSF presents short summaries of relevant research papers in patient-friendly language.

Journal: Journal of Clinical Neurology; July 1, 2025
Author(s): Ji Yeon Han, Soo Yeon Kim, Woojoong Kim, Hunmin Kim, Anna Cho, Jieun Choi, Jong-Hee Chae, Ki Joong Kim, Young Se Kwon, Il Han Yoo, and Byung Chan Lim
What does relapsing MOGAD look like in children? A study from South Korea

Journal: Autoimmunity Reviews; January 3, 2025
Author(s): Benjamin P Trewin, Fabienne Brilot, Stephen W Reddel, Russell C Dale, Sudarshini Ramanathan
Disease features, treatment, and results in about 4700 MOGAD patients globally

Journal: Journal of Neurology; December 1, 2024
Author(s): Mihaela Nicolescu, Vivien Häußler, Friedemann Paul, Frederike Cosima Oertel, Patrick Schindler, Judith Bellmann Strobl, Markus Krumbholz, Martin W. Hümmert, Franziska Bütow, Daria Tkachenko, Corinna Trebst, Charlotte Schubert, Ilya Ayzenberg, Carolin Schwake, Thivya Pakeerathan, Katinka Fischer, Orhan Aktas, Marius Ringelstein, Markus Kraemer, Clemens Warnke, Matthias Grothe, Matthias Kaste, Klemens Angstwurm, Peter Kern, on behalf of the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
How is vision and vision-related quality of life affected in NMOSD, MOGAD, and MS patients?

Journal: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry; December 1, 2024
Author(s): Vivien Häußler, Corinna Trebst, Daniel Engels, Hanna Pellkofer, Joachim Havla, Ankelien Duchow, Patrick Schindler, Carolin Schwake, Thivya Pakeerathan, Katinka Fischer, Marius Ringelstein, Gero Lindenblatt, Martin W Hümmert, Daria Tkachenko, Franziska Bütow, Katrin Giglhuber, Martina Flaskamp, Insa Schiffmann, Mirjam Korporal-Kuhnke, Sven Jarius, Eva Dawin, Lisa Revie, Makbule Senel, Mariella Herfurth, Annette Walter, Mosche Pompsch, Ingo Kleiter, Klemens Angstwurm, Matthias Kaste, Matthias Grothe, Jonathan Wickel, Paulus Stefan Rommer, Jörn Peter Sieb, Markus Krämer, Florian Then Bergh, Hayrettin Tumani, Luisa Klotz, Brigitte Wildemann, Orhan Aktas, Ilya Ayzenberg, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Friedemann Paul, Tania Kümpfel, Tim Friede, Achim Berthele, Jan-Patrick Stellmann on behalf of the Neuromyelitis optica study group (NEMOS)
How are immunosuppressive treatments chosen and how effective are they in normal care?

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; November 1, 2024
Author(s): Hyun Ji Lyou, Ha Young Shin, Hye Lim Lee, Young Nam Kwon, Seong-il Oh, Jeeyoung Oh, Eun Bin Cho, Sunyoung Kim, Seol-Hee Baek, Byung-Jo Kim, Eunhee Sohn, Jin Myoung Seok, Ju-Hong Min, Seung Woo Kim, Byoung Joon Kim
Comparing quality of life in NMOSD and MOGAD patients in South Korea

Journal: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry; July 30, 2024
Author(s): Sarah Passoke, Carlotta Stern, Vivien Häußler, Tania Kümpfel, Joachim Havla, Daniel Engels, Sven Jarius, Brigitte Wildemann, Mirjam Korporal-Kuhnke, Makbule Senel, Jan-Patrick Stellmann, Clemens Warnke, Matthias Grothe, Rasmus Schülke, Stefan Gingele, Julian Reza Kretschmer, Luisa Klotz, Annette Walter, Florian Then Bergh, Orhan Aktas, Marius Ringelstein, Ilya Ayzenberg, Carolin Schwake, Ingo Kleiter, Pia Sophie Sperber, Rebekka Rust, Patrick Schindler, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Friedemann Paul, Bruno Kopp, Corinna Trebst, Martin W Hümmert on behalf of the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
How does MOGAD affect cognitive function (thinking and language-processing skills) over time?

Journal: Journal of Neurology; July 8, 2024
Author(s): Hesham Abboud, Rongyi Sun, Nikhil Modak, Mohamed Elkasaby, Alexander Wang & Michael Levy
How common are movement disorders such as spasms, muscle contractions, and tremors in neuroimmune diseases?

Journal: Neurology; June 13, 2024
Author(s): James A. Varley, Dimitrios Champsas, Timothy Prossor, Giuseppe Pontillo, Omar Abdel-Mannan, Zhaleh Khaleeli, Axel Petzold, Ahmed T. Toosy, Sachid A. Trip, Heather Wilson, Dermot H. Mallon, Cheryl Hemingway, Kshitij Mankad, Michael Kin Loon Chou Andrew J. Church, Melanie S. Hart, Michael P. Lunn, Wallace Brownlee, Yael Hacohen, and Olga Ciccarelli
Testing the validity of the 2023 International Diagnostic Criteria for MOGAD in a selected group of adults and children

Journal: CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics; May 24, 2024
Author(s): Yun Xu, Huabing Wang, Tian Song, Linlin Yin, Yajun Yao, Yuzhen Wei, Hengri Cong, Jiali Sun, Xinghu Zhang, De-Cai Tian
How safe and effective are plasma exchange and immunoadsorption for NMOSD attacks?

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; May 1, 2024
Author(s): Christina Kazzi, Rubina Alpitsis Terence J. O'Brien, Charles B. Malpas, Mastura Monif
Impact of NMOSD and MOGAD on thinking abilities and emotions

Journal: Neurology; April 9, 2024
Author(s): Stacey Clardy, Sean Pittock, Orhan Aktas, Jin Nakahara, Noriko Isobe, Diego Centonze, Sami Fam, Adrian Kielhorn, Jeffrey Yu, Jeroen Jansen, and Ina Zhang
How does ravulizumab compare with other approved treatments for NMOSD?

Journal: PLOS One; March 29, 2024
Author(s): Darcy C Esiason, Nicole Ciesinski, Chelsi N Nurse, Wendy Erler, Tom Hattrich, Ankita Deshpande, C Virginia O'Hayer
The emotional burden of NMOSD on patients and caregivers

Journal: Current Opinion in Neurology; March 19, 2024
Author(s): Elisabeth Maillart, Kumaran Deiva, Romain Marignier
Clinical features of patients with MOGAD

Journal: Cureus; March 13, 2024
Author(s): Noah J. Spillers, Patrick M. Luther, Norris C. Talbot, Evan J. Kidder, Connor A. Doyle, Salim C. Lutfallah, Alyssa G. Derouen, Sridhar Tirumala, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D. Kaye, Giustino Varrassi
Optic neuritis — different forms, treatments, diagnosis, and prognosis

Journal: Neurology; March 6, 2024
Author(s): Gemma Olivé-Cirera, Arlette L. Bruijstens, Elianet G. Fonseca, Li-Wen Chen, Eva Caballero, Eugenia Martinez-Hernandez, Mar Guasp, Maria Sepúlveda, Laura Naranjo, Raquel Ruiz-García, Yolanda Blanco, Albert Saiz, Josep O. Dalmau, and Thaís Armangue for the Spanish Pediatric MOGAD Study Group
What does detection of MOG antibodies only in cerebrospinal fluid mean in children with inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system?

Journal: Journal of Neurological Sciences; March 1, 2024
Author(s): Negar Molazadeh, Philippe A. Bilodeau, Rebecca Salky, Gauruv Bose, Itay Lotan, Gabriela Romanow, Monique R. Anderson, Marcelo Matiello, Tanuja Chitnis, Michael Levy
What predicts a relapsing disease course after the first demyelination event in MOGAD patients?

Journal: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology; February 20, 2024
Author(s): Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Cristina Trápaga Hacker, William Meador, Ahmed Z. Obeidat, Lucas Horta, Farrah J. Mateen
Impact of NMOSD on employment and income in the US

Journal: Nature; February 1, 2024
Author(s): Elie Dolgin
Why are women more likely than men to have autoimmune diseases?

Journal: Journal of Nervous System Disease; February 1, 2024
Author(s): Monique Anderson, Michael Levy
Long-term treatment approaches for NMOSD

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis Journal; January 27, 2024
Author(s): Farren BS Briggs, Jacqueline Shaia
How common is NMOSD in the United States?

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; December 28, 2023
Author(s): Haifen Liao, Ping Fan, Hengfang Ruan, Wei Qiu, Meifen Zhang, Huijuan L
How do NMOSD patients perceive and deal with their risk of relapses?

Journal: Annals of Neurology; December 12, 2023
Author(s): Ankelien Duchow, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Tim Friede, Orhan Aktas, Klemens Angstwurm, Ilya Ayzenberg, Achim Berthele, Eva Dawin, Daniel Engels, Katinka Fischer, Martina Flaskamp, Katrin Giglhuber, Matthias Grothe, Joachim Havla, Martin W. Hümmert, Sven Jarius, Matthias Kaste, Peter Kern, Ingo Kleiter, Luisa Klotz, Mirjam Korporal-Kuhnke, Markus Kraemer, Markus Krumbholz, Tania Kümpfel, Lisa Lohmann, Marius Ringelstein, Paulus Rommer, Patrick Schindler, Charlotte Schubert, Carolin Schwake, Makbule Senel, Florian Then Bergh, Daria Tkachenko, Hayrettin Tumani, Corinna Trebst, Ioannis Vardakas, Annette Walter, Clemens Warnke, Martin S. Weber, Jonathan Wickel, Brigitte Wildemann, Alexander Winkelmann, Friedemann Paul, Jan-Patrick Stellmann, Vivien Häußler, on behalf of the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
How does disability progress in NMOSD and MOGAD?

Journal: Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation; November 17, 2023
Author(s): Mirasol Forcadela, Chiara Rocchi, Daniel San Martin, Emily L Gibbons, Daniel Wells, Mark R Woodhall, Patrick J Waters, Saif Huda, Shahd Hamid
Accurate diagnosis of MOGAD relies on the timing of antibody tests

Journal: Frontiers in Neurology; September 15, 2023
Author(s): Jyh Yung Hor, Kazuo Fujihara
How common is MOGAD worldwide?

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; September 12, 2023
Author(s): Jianyi Liu, Xiaobo Zhang, Yi Zhong and Xianglin Liu
Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances in a large group of NMOSD patients

Journal: Journal of Neurology; September 7, 2023
Author(s): Tania Kümpfel, Katrin Giglhuber, Orhan Aktas, Ilya Ayzenberg, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Vivien Häußler, Joachim Havla, Kerstin Hellwig, Martin W Hümmert, Sven Jarius, Ingo Kleiter, Luisa Klotz, Markus Krumbholz, Friedemann Paul, Marius Ringelstein, Klemens Ruprecht, Makbule Senel, Jan-Patrick Stellmann, Florian Then Bergh, Corinna Trebst, Hayrettin Tumani, Clemens Warnke, Brigitte Wildemann, Achim Berthele; Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
Updated recommendations for immediate attack treatment and long-term management of NMOSD

Journal: Frontiers in Immunology; August 29, 2023
Author(s): Lekha Pandit, Anitha D’Cunha, Chaithra Malli and Akshatha Sudhir
Comparison of two diagnostic tests for MOGAD in an Indian population

Journal: European Journal of Neurology; July 11, 2023
Author(s): Pietro Zara, Alessandro Dinoto, Sara Carta, Valentina Floris, Davide Turilli, Adrian Budhram, Sergio Ferrari, Stefania Milia, Paolo Solla, Sara Mariotto, Eoin P. Flanagan, A. Sebastian Lopez Chiriboga, Elia Sechi
Non-demyelinating disorders that might be misdiagnosed as NMOSD

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis Journal; July 10, 2023
Author(s): Itay Lotan, John J Chen, Yael Hacohen, Omar Abdel-Mannan, Sara Mariotto, Saif Huda, Emily Gibbons, Adi Wilf-Yarkoni, Mark A Hellmann, Hadas Stiebel-Kalish, Sean J Pittock, Eoin P Flanagan, Negar Molazadeh, Monique Anderson, Rebecca Salky, Gabriela Romanow, Patrick Schindler, Ankelien Solveig Duchow, Friedemann Paul and Michael Levy
Effectiveness of IVIG treatment for acute attacks in MOGAD

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; July 8, 2023
Author(s): Jie Wang, Keyu Yang, Fang Zhang, Yujie Yi, Jing Wang
Could certain clinical factors predict relapses in MOGAD?

Journal: Annals of Neurology; July 3, 2023
Author(s): Bo Chen, Enrique Gomez-Figueroa, Vyanka Redenbaugh, Anna Francis, Chanjira Satukijchai, Yan Wu, Silvia Messina, Mario Sa, Mark Woodhall, Friedemann Paul, Neil P. Robertson, Ming Lim, Evangeline Wassmer, Rachel Kneen, Saif Huda, Camilla Blain, Christopher Halfpenny, Cheryl Hemingway, Eoin O'Sullivan, Jeremy Hobart, Leonora K. Fisniku, Roswell J. Martin, Ruth Dobson, Sarah A. Cooper, Victoria Williams, Patrick Waters, John J. Chen, Sean J. Pittock, Sithara Ramdas, Maria Isabel Leite, Eoin P. Flanagan, Ruth Geraldes, Jacqueline Palace
Does an early relapse after the first episode increase the risk of a relapsing pattern of MOGAD?

Journal: Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation; May 31, 2023
Author(s): Friedemann Paul, Romain Marignier, Jacqueline Palace, Georgina Arrambide, Nasrin Asgari, Jeffrey L. Bennett, Bruce Anthony Campbell Cree, Jérôme De Sèze, Kazuo Fujihara, Ho Jin Kim, Rebecca Hornby, Saif Huda, Najib Kissani, Ingo Kleiter, Satoshi Kuwabara, Marco Lana-Peixoto, Lisa Law, M. Isabel Leite, Lekha Pandit, Sean J. Pittock, Chao Quan, Sudarshini Ramanathan, Dalia Rotstein, Albert Saiz, Douglas Kazutoshi Sato, Adi Vaknin-Dembinsky
Recommendations for management of NMOSD with eculizumab, inebilizumab, and satralizumab: Consensus among international experts

Journal: Journal of Neurology; May 8, 2023
Author(s): Abdullah Al-Ani, John J Chen, Fiona Costello
MOGAD: Current understanding and challenges

Journal: Neurology; April 25, 2023
Author(s): Nanthaya Tisavipat, Adi Wilf-Yarkoni, Eoin Flanagan, Vyanka Redenbaugh, Yoel Schwartzmann, Mark Hellmann, Assaf Tolkovsky, Hadas Stiebel-Kalish, Itay Lotan, Michael Levy, Rebecca Salky, Adi Vaknin-Dembinsky, Esther Ganelin-Cohen, Alfonso Lopez, Sean Pittock and John Chen
Long-term outcomes in MOGAD patients not receiving any immunotherapy apart from steroids

Journal: Neurology; April 25, 2023
Author(s): Sean Pittock, Michael Barnett, Jeffrey Bennett, Achim Berthele, Jérôme de Sèze, Michael Levy, Ichiro Nakashima, Celia Oreja Guevara, Jacqueline Palace, Friedemann Paul, Carlo Pozzilli, Kerstin Allen, Yasmin Mashhoon, Marcus Yountz, and Ho Jin Kim
CHAMPION-NMOSD clinical trial: efficacy and safety of ravulizumab in NMOSD patients testing positive for AQP-4

Journal: Journal of Neurology; April 6, 2023
Author(s): Sven Jarius, Orhan Aktas, Ilya Ayzenberg, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Achim Berthele, Katrin Giglhuber, Vivien Häußler, Joachim Havla, Kerstin Hellwig, Martin W Hümmert, Ingo Kleiter, Luisa Klotz, Markus Krumbholz, Tania Kümpfel, Friedemann Paul, Marius Ringelstein, Klemens Ruprecht, Makbule Senel, Jan-Patrick Stellmann, Florian Then Bergh, Hayrettin Tumani, Brigitte Wildemann, Corinna Trebst; Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
Updated recommendations for the diagnosis of NMOSD

Journal: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology; March 31, 2023
Author(s): Jonathan D. Santoro, Timothy Beukelman, Cheryl Hemingway, Suvi R. K. Hokkanen, Frank Tennigkeit, Tanuja Chitnis
Early symptoms and disease progression for MOGAD in children

Journal: Eye; March 16, 2023
Author(s): Negar Moheb, John J. Chen
Features of optic neuritis and associated clinical signs in NMOSD and MOGAD

Journal: Journal of Investigative Medicine; March 13, 2023
Author(s): Jacqueline F Rosenthal, Benjamin M Hoffman, William R Tyor
A review of MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD

Journal: Annals of Neurology; March 3, 2023
Author(s): Sean J. Pittock, Michael Barnett, Jeffrey L. Bennett, Achim Berthele, Jérôme de Sèze, Michael Levy, Ichiro Nakashima, Celia Oreja-Guevara, Jacqueline Palace, Friedemann Paul, Carlo Pozzilli, Marcus Yountz, Kerstin Allen, Yasmin Mashhoon, Ho Jin Kim
Ravulizumab in NMOSD patients testing positive for AQP4

Journal: The Lancet Neurology; March 1, 2023
Author(s): Brenda Banwell, Jeffrey L Bennett, Romain Marignier, Ho Jin Kim, Fabienne Brilot, Eoin P Flanagan, Sudarshini Ramanathan, Patrick Waters, Silvia Tenembaum, Jennifer S Graves, Tanuja Chitnis, Alexander U Brandt, Cheryl Hemingway, Rinze Neuteboom, Lekha Pandit, Markus Reindl, Albert Saiz, Douglas Kazutoshi Sato, Kevin Rostasy, Friedemann Paul, Sean J Pittock, Kazuo Fujihara, Jacqueline Palace
International consensus diagnostic criteria for MOGAD

Journal: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry; March 1, 2023
Author(s): Matteo Gastaldi, Thomas Foiadelli, Giacomo Greco, Silvia Scaranzin, Eleonora Rigoni, Stefano Masciocchi, Sergio Ferrari, Chiara Mancinelli, Laura Brambilla, Margherita Mancardi, Thea Giacomini, Diana Ferraro, Marida Della Corte, Antonio Gallo, Massimiliano Di Filippo, Luana Benedetti, Giovanni Novi, Maurizio Versino, Paola Banfi, Raffaele Iorio, Lucia Moiola, Emanuela Turco, Stefano Sartori, Margherita Nosadini, Martino Ruggieri, Salvatore Savasta, Elena Colombo, Elena Ballante, Sven Jarius, Sara Mariotto, Diego Franciotta; NINA study group
Can anti-MOG-antibody levels predict relapses in MOGAD?

Journal: Neurology and Therapy; February 24, 2023
Author(s): Ju-Hong Min, Marco Capobianco, Carly Welsh, Patricia Lobo, Gabrielle deFiebre, Marco Lana-Peixoto, Dean M. Wingerchuk, Jiawei Wang, Marius Ringelstein
NMOSD management in real-life settings globally

Journal: Neurology and Therapy; February 24, 2023
Author(s): Marco Capobianco, Marius Ringelstein, Carly Welsh, Patricia Lobo, Gabrielle deFiebre, Marco Lana-Peixoto, Jiawei Wang, Ju-Hong Min & Dean M. Wingerchuk
NMOSD disease severity and stability in real-life settings globally

Journal: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry; January 1, 2023
Author(s): Gregorio Spagni, Bo Sun, Gabriele Monte, Elia Sechi, Raffaele Iorio, Amelia Evoli, Valentina Damato
How effective is rituximab in MOGAD compared to NMOSD?

Journal: Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation; December 8, 2022
Author(s): Ingo Kleiter, Anthony Traboulsee, Jacqueline Palace, Takashi Yamamura, Kazuo Fujihara, Albert Saiz, Adil Javed, David Mayes, H-Christian von Büdingen, Gaelle Klingelschmitt, Daniela Stokmaier, Jeffrey L Bennett
Long-term efficacy of satralizumab in NMOSD patients testing positive for aquaporin-4 antibodies

Journal: Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy; December 1, 2022
Author(s): Dean M Wingerchuk, Brian G Weinshenker, Dana McCormick, Sasha Barron, Laura Simone and Larissa Jarzylo
Helping payers and treatment providers to understand and appropriately address the burden posed by NMOSD

Journal: Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation; October 13, 2022
Author(s): Eva Maria Wendel, Helen Sophie Thonke, Annikki Bertolini, Matthias Baumann, Astrid Blaschek, Andreas Merkenschlager, Michael Karenfort, Barbara Kornek, Christian Lechner, Daniela Pohl, Martin Pritsch, Kathrin Schanda, Mareike Schimmel, Charlotte Thiels, Stephan Waltz, Gert Wiegand, Banu Anlar, Nina Barisic, Christian Blank, Markus Breu, Philip Broser, Adela Della Marina, Katharina Diepold, Matthias Eckenweiler, Astrid Eisenkölbl, Michael Freilinger, Ursula Gruber-Sedlmayr, Annette Hackenberg, Tobias Iff, Ellen Knierim, Johannes Koch, Georg Kutschke, Steffen Leiz, Grischa Lischetzki, Margherita Nosadini, Alexander Pschibul, Edith Reiter-Fink, Doris Rohrbach, Michela Salandin, Stefano Sartori, Jan-Ulrich Schlump, Johannes Stoffels, Jurgis Strautmanis, Daniel Tibussek, Victoria Tüngler, Norbert Utzig, Markus Reindl, Kevin Rostásy; BIOMARKER Study Group
Fluctuating anti-MOG antibody levels in children and what they could mean

Journal: CNS Drugs; September 7, 2022
Author(s): Tina Nie & Hannah A. Blair
A review of inebilizumab treatment in NMOSD

Journal: Annals of Neurology; September 1, 2022
Author(s): Frederike Cosima Oertel, Elias S Sotirchos, Hanna G Zimmermann, Seyedamirhosein Motamedi, Svenja Specovius, Eva Susanna Asseyer, Claudia Chien, Lawrence Cook, Eleni Vasileiou, Angeliki Filippatou, Peter A Calabresi, Shiv Saidha, Lekha Pandit, Anitha D'Cunha, Olivier Outteryck, Hélène Zéphir, Sean Pittock, Eoin P Flanagan, M Tariq Bhatti, Paulus S Rommer, Gabriel Bsteh, Tobias Zrzavy, Tania Kuempfel, Orhan Aktas, Marius Ringelstein, Philipp Albrecht, Ilya Ayzenberg, Thivya Pakeerathan, Benjamin Knier, Lilian Aly, Nasrin Asgari, Kerstin Soelberg, Romain Marignier, Caroline Froment Tilikete, Alvaro Cobo Calvo, Pablo Villoslada, Bernardo Sanchez-Dalmau, Elena H Martinez-Lapiscina, Sara Llufriu, Ari J Green, Michael R Yeaman, Terry J Smith, Alexander U Brandt, John Chen, Friedemann Paul, Joachim Havla; with the GJCF International Clinical Consortium for NMOSD and the CROCTINO study group
Evaluation of long-term damage to the retina in MOGAD patients

Journal: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology; September 1, 2022
Author(s): Bart K. Chwalisz and Michael Levy
Acute and long-term treatment of MOGAD

Journal: Neurology; August 31, 2022
Author(s): Paula Barreras, Eleni S Vasileiou, Angeliki G Filippatou, Kathryn C Fitzgerald, Michael Levy, Carlos A Pardo, Scott D Newsome, Ellen M Mowry, Peter A Calabresi and Elias S Sotirchos
Long-term effectiveness and safety of Rituximab in NMOSD and MOGAD

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; July 4, 2022
Author(s): Takashi Yamamura, Brian Weinshenker, Michael R Yeaman, Jerome De Seze, Francesco Patti, Patricia Lobo, H-Christian von Büdingen, Xiujing Kou, Kristina Weber, Benjamin Greenberg
Long-term safely of satralizumab in NMOSD patients testing positive for aquaporin-4 antibodies

Journal: JAMA Neurology; May 1, 2022
Author(s): John J Chen, Saif Huda, Yael Hacohen, Michael Levy, Itay Lotan, Adi Wilf-Yarkoni, Hadas Stiebel-Kalish, Mark A Hellmann, Elias S Sotirchos, Amanda D Henderson, Sean J Pittock, M Tariq Bhatti, Eric R Eggenberger, Marie Di Nome, Ho Jin Kim, Su-Hyun Kim, Albert Saiz, Friedemann Paul, Russell C Dale, Sudarshini Ramanathan, Jacqueline Palace, Valentina Camera, Maria Isabel Leite, Byron L Lam, Jeffrey L Bennett, Sara Mariotto, Dave Hodge, Bertrand Audoin, Elisabeth Maillart, Romain Deschamps, Julie Pique, Eoin P Flanagan and Romain Marignier
IVIG for relapse prevention in adult MOGAD patients

Journal: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology; January 11, 2022
Author(s): Varsha A Patil, Saurabh N Kamat, Jamshed A Lalkak and Bhim Singhal
Effectiveness and safety of rituximab in MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD

Journal: Neurology and Therapy; November 13, 2021
Author(s): Dean M. Wingerchuk, Ina Zhang, Adrian Kielhorn, Minying Royston, Michael Levy, Kazuo Fujihara, Ichiro Nakashima, Imran Tanvir, Friedemann Paul, and Sean J. Pittock
Comparison of FDA-approved treatments for NMOSD patients

Journal: Nature Reviews Neurology; October 28, 2021
Author(s): Sean J. Pittock, Anastasia Zekeridou, Brian G. Weinshenker
New research and approved therapies bringing hope to NMOSD patients

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; October 14, 2021
Author(s): Michael Levy, Alan R. Haycox, Ursula Becker, Cristina Costantino, Elisabetta Damonte, Gaelle Klingelschmitt, H. Christian von Büdingen, Gene Wallenstein, D. Di Maio, Lech Szczechowsk
How disability affects quality of life in patients treated for NMOSD

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis Journal; October 1, 2021
Author(s): Mary Rensel, Aram Zabeti, Maureen A Mealy, Daniel Cimbora, Dewei She, Jorn Drappa, Eliezer Katz
Long-term efficacy and safety of inebilizumab in AQP4-positive NMOSD patients over at least 4 years

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis Journal; September 9, 2021
Author(s): Sean J Pittock, Kazuo Fujihara, Jacqueline Palace, Achim Berthele, Ho Jin Kim, Celia Oreja-Guevara, Ichiro Nakashima, Michael Levy, Shulian Shang, Marcus Yountz, Larisa Miller, Róisín Armstrong, Dean M Wingerchuk; PREVENT Study Group
Potential long-term benefits of eculizumab alone in NMOSD treatment

Journal: The Lancet Neurology; September 1, 2021
Author(s): Romain Marignier, Yael Hacohen, Alvaro Cobo-Calvo, Anne-Katrin Pröbstel, Orhan Aktas, Harry Alexopoulos, Maria-Pia Amato, Nasrin Asgari, Brenda Banwell, Jeffrey Bennett, Fabienne Brilot, Marco Capobianco, Tanuja Chitnis, Olga Ciccarelli, Kumaran Deiva, Jérôme De Sèze, Kazuo Fujihara, Anu Jacob, Ho Jin Kim, Ingo Kleiter, Hans Lassmann, Maria-Isabel Leite, Christopher Linington, Edgar Meinl, Jacqueline Palace, Friedemann Paul, Axel Petzold, Sean Pittock, Markus Reindl, Douglas Kazutoshi Sato, Krzysztof Selmaj, Aksel Siva, Bruno Stankoff, Mar Tintore, Anthony Traboulsee, Patrick Waters, Emmanuelle Waubant, Brian Weinshenker, Tobias Derfuss, Sandra Vukusic and Bernhard Hemmer
An overview of MOGAD

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; August 26, 2021
Author(s): Eoin P. Flanagan a, Michael Levy b, Eliezer Katz c, Daniel Cimbora c, Jorn Drappa c, Maureen A. Mealy c, Dewei She c, Bruce A.C. Cree
Effects of inebilizumab treatment in NMOSD patients who have previously been on rituximab

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis Journal – Experimental, Translational and Clinical; June 25, 2021
Author(s): Friederike Held, Sudhakar Reddy Kalluri, Achim Berthele, Ana-Katharina Klein 1, Markus Reindl 2, Bernhard Hemmer
How often do general neurologic patients test positive for MOG antibodies?

Journal: Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation; March 26, 2021
Author(s): Romain Marignier, Jeffrey L. Bennett, Ho Jin Kim, Brian G. Weinshenker, Sean J. Pittock, Dean Wingerchuk, Kazuko Fujihara, Friedemann Paul, Gary R. Cutter, Ari J. Green, Orhan Aktas, Hans-Peter Hartung, Fred D. Lublin, Ian M. Williams, Jorn Drappa, Dewei She, Daniel Cimbora, William Rees, Michael Smith, John N. Ratchford, Eliezer Katz, Bruce A.C. Cree
Clinical trial paper on the effect of inebilizumab on disability outcomes in NMOSD

Journal: Annals of Neurology; February 14, 2021
Author(s): Dean M Wingerchuk, Kazuo Fujihara, Jacqueline Palace, Achim Berthele, Michael Levy, Ho Jin Kim, Ichiro Nakashima, Celia Oreja-Guevara, Kai-Chen Wang, Larisa Miller, Shulian Shang, Guido Sabatella, Marcus Yountz, Sean J Pittock; PREVENT Study Group
Long-term safety and efficacy of eculizumab in NMOSD patients testing positive for aquaporin-4 antibodies

Journal: Frontiers in Neurology; January 12, 2021
Author(s): Helen Cross, Farahna Sabiq, Nathalie Ackermans, Andrew Mattar, Shelly Au, Mark Woodhall, Bo Sun, Virginia Devonshire, Robert Carruthers, Ana Luiza Sayao, Virender Bhan, Alice Schabas, Jillian Chan, Marvin Fritzler, Patrick Waters, Anthony Traboulsee
A multi-ethnic Canadian group of patients testing positive for MOG antibodies

Journal: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; January 11, 2021
Author(s): Alexandre Lampros, Thomas De Broucker, Mickael Bonnan
Could fever be a sign of MOGAD?

Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences; December 24, 2020
Author(s): Wojciech Ambrosius, Sławomir Michalak, Wojciech Kozubski, and Alicja Kalinowska
Overview of MOGAD: Disease behavior, diagnosis, and management

Journal: Neurology; December 11, 2020
Author(s): Viktoria Papp, Melinda Magyari, Orhan Aktas, Thomas Berger, Simon A Broadley, Philippe Cabre, Anu Jacob, Jun-Ichi Kira, Maria Isabel Leite, Romain Marignier, Katsuichi Miyamoto, Jacqueline Palace, Albert Saiz, Maria Sepulveda, Olafur Sveinsson, Zsolt Illes
How common is NMOSD around the world?

Journal: The Lancet Neurology; November 10, 2020
Author(s): Michael Levy, Kazuo Fujihara and Jacqueline Palace
New therapies for NMOSD

Journal: Nature Reviews Disease Primers; October 22, 2020
Author(s): Sven Jarius, Friedemann Paul, Brian G. Weinsheinker, Michael Levy, Ho Jin Kim and Brigitte Wildemann
NMOSD overview

Journal: Frontiers in Neurology; August 21, 2020
Author(s): Susanna Asseyer, Graham Cooper, Friedemann Paul
A systematic review of pain in NMOSD and MOGAD

Journal: The Lancet Neurology; May 1, 2020
Author(s): Anthony Traboulsee, Benjamin M Greenberg, Jeffrey L Bennett, Lech Szczechowski, Edward Fox, Svitlana Shkrobot, Takashi Yamamura, Yusuke Terada, Yuichi Kawata, Padraig Wright, Athos Gianella-Borradori, Hideki Garren, Brian G Weinshenker
Safety and efficacy of satralizumab treatment alone in NMOSD

Journal: Drugs; April 7, 2020
Author(s): James E. Frampton
Review of eculizumab treatment for NMOSD

Journal: Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation; March 17, 2020
Author(s): Hyunjin Kim, Eun-Jae Lee, Seungmi Kim, Lyn-Kyung Choi, Keonwoo Kim, Hye Weon Kim, Kwang-Kuk Kim, Young-Min Lim
Blood parameters (serum biomarkers) in MOGAD

Journal: The New England Journal of Medicine; November 28, 2019
Author(s): Takashi Yamamura, Ingo Kleiter, Kazuo Fujihara, Jacqueline Palace, Benjamin Greenberg, Beata Zakrzewska-Pniewska, Francesco Patti, Ching-Piao Tsai, Albert Saiz, Hayato Yamazaki, Yuichi Kawata, Padraig Wright, Jerome De Seze
Efficacy and safety of satralizumab combined with immunosuppressants in seropositive or seronegative NMOSD

Journal: The Lancet; September 5, 2019
Author(s): Bruce A C Cree, Jeffrey L Bennett, Ho Jin Kim, Brian G Weinshenker, Sean J Pittock, Dean M Wingerchuk, Kazuo Fujihara, Friedemann Paul, Gary R Cutter, Romain Marignier, Ari J Green, Orhan Aktas, Hans-Peter Hartung, Fred D Lublin, Jorn Drappa, Gerard Barron, Soraya Madani, John N Ratchford, Dewei She, Daniel Cimbora, Eliezer Katz; N-MOmentum study investigators
Clinical trial paper of Inebilizumab for the treatment of NMOSD

Journal: The New England Journal of Medicine; August 15, 2019
Author(s): Sean J Pittock, Achim Berthele, Kazuo Fujihara, Ho Jin Kim, Michael Levy, Jacqueline Palace, Ichiro Nakashima, Murat Terzi, Natalia Totolyan, Shanthi Viswanathan, Kai-Chen Wang, Amy Pace, Kenji P Fujita, Róisín Armstrong, Dean M Wingerchuk
Clinical trial of eculizumab treatment in NMOSD patients testing positive for aquaporin-4 antibodies

Journal: Clinical Medicine Journal; March 1, 2019
Author(s): Saif Huda, Dan Whittam, Maneesh Bhojak, Jayne Chamberlain, Carmel Noonan, Anu Jacob and Rachel Kneen
A review of NMOSD

Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation; May 3, 2018
Author(s): S. Jarius, F. Paul, O. Aktas, N. Asgari, R. C. Dale, J. de Seze, D. Franciotta, K. Fujihara, A. Jacob, H. J. Kim, I. Kleiter, T. Kümpfel, M. Levy, J. Palace, K. Ruprecht, A. Saiz, C. Trebst, B. G. Weinshenker & B. Wildemann
International recommendations on diagnosis and antibody testing in MOGAD

Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation; November 1, 2016
Author(s): Sven Jarius, Ingo Kleiter, Klemens Ruprecht, Nasrin Asgari, Kalliopi Pitarokoili, Nadja Borisow, Martin W Hümmert, Corinna Trebst, Florence Pache, Alexander Winkelmann, Lena-Alexandra Beume, Marius Ringelstein, Oliver Stich, Orhan Aktas, Mirjam Korporal-Kuhnke, Alexander Schwarz, Carsten Lukas, Jürgen Haas, Kai Fechner, Mathias Buttmann, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Hanna Zimmermann, Alexander U Brandt, Diego Franciotta, Kathrin Schanda, Friedemann Paul, Markus Reindl, Brigitte Wildemann; in cooperation with the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
Mog antibodies in patients with NMO and related disorders: How often is the brainstem involved? What are the clinical features and outcomes in this case?

Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation; November 1, 2016
Author(s): Florence Pache, Hanna Zimmermann, Janine Mikolajczak, Sophie Schumacher, Anna Lacheta, Frederike C. Oertel, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Sven Jarius, Brigitte Wildemann, Markus Reindl, Amy Waldman, Kerstin Soelberg, Nasrin Asgari, Marius Ringelstein, Orhan Aktas, Nikolai Gross, Mathias Buttmann, Thomas Ach, Klemens Ruprecht, Friedemann Paul, Alexander U. Brandt & in cooperation with the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
Mog antibodies in patients with NMO and related disorders: Damage to the visual system after optic neuritis

Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation; October 28, 2016
Author(s): Sven Jarius, Klemens Ruprecht, Ingo Kleiter, Nadja Borisow, Nasrin Asgari, Kalliopi Pitarokoili, Florence Pache, Oliver Stich, Lena-Alexandra Beume, Martin W. Hümmert, Marius Ringelstein, Corinna Trebst, Alexander Winkelmann, Alexander Schwarz, Mathias Buttmann, Hanna Zimmermann, Joseph Kuchling, Diego Franciotta, Marco Capobianco, Eberhard Siebert, Carsten Lukas, Mirjam Korporal-Kuhnke, Jürgen Haas, Kai Fechner, in cooperation with the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
Mog antibodies in patients with NMO and related disorders: What populations are affected and how commonly? How do they manifest clinically and in imaging studies? What are the treatment responses and long-term outcomes?

Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation; October 27, 2016
Author(s): Sven Jarius, Klemens Ruprecht, Ingo Kleiter, Nadja Borisow, Nasrin Asgari, Kalliopi Pitarokoili, Florence Pache, Oliver Stich, Lena-Alexandra Beume, Martin W. Hümmert, Corinna Trebst, Marius Ringelstein, Orhan Aktas, Alexander Winkelmann, Mathias Buttmann, Alexander Schwarz, Hanna Zimmermann, Alexander U. Brandt, Diego Franciotta, Marco Capobianco, Joseph Kuchling, Jürgen Haas, Mirjam Korporal-Kuhnke, Soeren Thue Lillevang, in cooperation with the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
Mog antibodies in patients with NMO and related disorders: How frequently are they detected? Are they associated with AQP4? When are they detected and how long do they stay in the blood?

Journal: Neurology; July 14, 2015
Author(s): Dean M. Wingerchuk, Brenda Banwell, Jeffrey L. Bennett, Philippe Cabre, William Carroll, Tanuja Chitnis, Jérôme de Seze, Kazuo Fujihara, Benjamin Greenberg, Anu Jacob, Sven Jarius, Marco Lana-Peixoto, Michael Levy, Jack H. Simon, Silvia Tenembaum, Anthony L. Traboulsee, Patrick Waters, Kay E. Wellik and Brian G. Weinshenker
Diagnostic criteria for NMOSD