Emmanuel Rojas Morales

Prof. Emmanuel Rojas Morales

Centro Medico Nacional de Biología Molecular del estado de Puebla

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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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2 June 2014 in Journal of Neuroimmunology
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VSVirginia SedenoMonge
Virginia SedenoMonge
RARaúl Arcega-Revilla
Raúl Arcega-Revilla
Emmanuel Rojas MoralesEmmanuel Rojas Morales
Emmanuel Rojas Morales
Gerardo Santos-LopezGerardo Santos-Lopez
Gerardo Santos-Lopez
JPJuan Carlos Perez-García
Juan Carlos Perez-García
JRJulio Reyes-Leyva
Julio Reyes-Leyva

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Emmanuel Rojas MoralesEmmanuel Rojas Morales
Emmanuel Rojas Morales
Gerardo Santos-LopezGerardo Santos-Lopez
Gerardo Santos-Lopez
SHSamuel Hernández-Cabañas
Samuel Hernández-Cabañas
RARaúl Arcega-Revilla
Raúl Arcega-Revilla
Nora Hilda Rosas-MurrietaNora Hilda Rosas-Murrieta
Nora Hilda Rosas-Murrieta
VMVIRGINIA SEDENO MONGE
VIRGINIA SEDENO MONGE
The participation of proinflammatory cytokines in the progression of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has been well documented. Cytokines activate the JAK-STAT pathway, in which the suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS) exert a negative feedback. This paper analyzes the levels of SOCS5 and SOCS7 transcripts, quantified by RT-qPCR, in MS patients, and the concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines, IFN-γ, IL17, and IL6, determined by ELISA. Samples of peripheral blood were obtained from MS patients in the relapsing–remitting phase, treated with IFN-β or glatiramer acetate (GA), and from healthy individuals. SOCS7 mRNA was significantly higher in patients treated with GA (1.36 ± 0.23) than in those treated with IFN-β (0.65 ± 0.1). Regarding gender, the level of SOCS5 and SOCS7 transcripts were similar between MS and healthy females; in MS males, the level of SOCS7 transcripts were significantly lower (0.59 ± 0.03) than in healthy males (1.008 ± 0.05). Plasmatic levels of IFN-γ were significantly higher in MS patients (60 pg/mL, range 0–160) than in healthy subjects (0 range, 0–106). The same pattern was observed in MS patients treated with IFN-β (68 pg/mL, range 0–160) compared to patients treated with GA (51 pg/mL, range 0–114), and in MS females (64 pg/mL, range 0–161) compared to healthy females (0, range 0–99). We hypothesize that the increase in SOCS7 transcription in patients treated with GA could partially explain the action mechanism of this drug, while the increase in the concentration of IFN-γ in MS patients could help elucidate the immunopathology of the disease.