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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2025

Progressive multiple sclerosis: Evaluating current therapies and exploring future treatment strategies.

Marelisa Albelo-Martínez, Syed Rizvi

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Neuroglial P2YJournal of neuroinflammation · 2026
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  13. Special Edition: Therapeutic advances in multiple sclerosis.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Marelisa Albelo-MartínezDepartment of Neurology, Brown University Health and Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA. Electronic address: malbelomartinez@brownhealth.org.
Syed RizviDepartment of Neurology, Brown University Health and Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA. Electronic address: srizvi@brownhealth.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) include primary progressive MS (PPMS) and secondary progressive MS (SPMS). Unlike relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), progressive MS is recognized by relentless progression with accumulating disability, rare to no relapses nor new activity on MRIs. Clinically, neurologic worsening in MS can occur in the relapsing-remitting (RRMS) phase of disease due to incomplete recovery from neuroinflammatory relapses. However, a progressive disease course is the dominant factor related to accumulating disability. There is persistent central nervous system (CNS) compartmentalized inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction and altered immune responses. Unlike in RRMS, the efficacy of disease modifying agents (DMA) in progressive MS has been limited, highlighting the need for novel therapeutic approaches that address both inflammation and neurodegeneration. This article explores current management of progressive MS, and future directions in targeting the unique pathophysiology of this complex disease.

Indexed as

Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic ProgressiveDisease ProgressionHumansDisease modifying therapyPrimary progressive multiple sclerosisProgression independent of disease activityProgressive multiple sclerosisSecondary progressive multiple sclerosisSmoldering inflammation

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PMID40345951
PMCPMC12418453

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