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. 2022 Jun 17;13:909275. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.909275

Table 2.

Overview of DMTs for MS influencing ILCs.

Drug  Mechanism ILC type  Effects on ILCs
Interferon beta 1a Reduction of T-cell proliferation (47)
Reduction of MHC class II molecule expression (47)
Lowered IFN-β production by Th17 cells (47)
NK cells  Upregulation of MHC class I dampened cytotoxicity of CD56dim NK cells (47)
Altered CD56dim/CD56bright population ratio with an expansion of CD56bright NK cells (48, 49)
Natalizumab Humanized alpha 4 integrin antibody inhibiting leukocyte migration (50) NK cells Increase of total NK cell numbers (including CD56bright NK cells) in the blood and reduced NK cell numbers in the CSF (50, 51
**Daclizumab Monoclonal antibody against IL2 receptor CD25 (52) NK cells
ILCs
Expansion of immunoregulatory CD56bright NK cells in peripheral blood and CSF (51, 53)
Decrease in circulating ILCs and shift in LTi phenotype towards NK lineage (43)
Alemtuzumab Monoclonal antibody specific for the membrane glycoprotein CD52 (54) NK cells Expansion of CD56bright NK cells with no altered cytolytic function (54)
Dimethyl fumarate Nrf2 activator with immunomodulating, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects (55) NK cells Expansion of CD56bright NK cells (56)
decrease in absolute numbers of CD56dim cells (55
Fingolimod Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor agonist  (57) NK cells ILCs 1-3 Decreased number of CD56bright NK cells (55, 57, 58)
CD56dim NK cells are increased in the circulation (54, 58)
Percentage of total NK cells increased (59)
Interrupted ILC circulation in both humans and mice (3)
-ILC2 migration blockade to lung or bone marrow in mice (60)

**has been withdrawn from the market in 2018.