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Estimating Daclizumab effects in Multiple Sclerosis using Stochastic Symmetric Nets

  • Simone Pernice
  • , Marco Beccuti
  • , Pietro Do
  • , Marzio Pennisi
  • , Francesco Pappalardo

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Abstract

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease of the central nervous system which damages the myelin sheath enveloping nerve cells causing severe physical disability in patients. Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) is one of the most common form of MS and it is characterized by a series of attacks of new or increasing neurologic symptoms, followed by periods of remission. Recently, many treatments were proposed and studied to contrast the RRMS progression. Among these drugs Daclizumab, an antibody tailored against the interleukin -2 receptor of T cells, exhibited promising results. Unfortunately, more recent studies on Daclizumab highlight severe adverse effects, that led to its retirement from the EU marketing authorization process. Motivated by these recent studies, in this paper we describe how computational modelling can be efficiently exploited to improve our understanding on Daclizumab mechanism of action, and on how this mechanism leads towards the observed undesirable effects.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2018
EditorsHarald Schmidt, David Griol, Haiying Wang, Jan Baumbach, Huiru Zheng, Zoraida Callejas, Xiaohua Hu, Julie Dickerson, Le Zhang
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1393-1400
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781538654880
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2018 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2018 - Madrid, Spain
Duration: 3 Dec 20186 Dec 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2018

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2018
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMadrid
Period3/12/186/12/18

Keywords

  • Computational modelling
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Uncertainty Analysis

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