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Anne H. Cross is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research is primarily situated in the field of medicine, with a focus on subfields such as pathology and forensic medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, neurology, immunology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work revolves around several main topics, including multiple sclerosis research studies, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, chronic lymphocytic leukemia research, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia research.

Anne H. Cross has authored multiple papers, among which recent publications include:

  • Ofatumumab versus Teriflunomide in Multiple Sclerosis, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Outcomes and Risk Factors Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a North American Registry of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • Effects of MS disease-modifying therapies on responses to vaccinations: A review., 2020, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Alterations of host-gut microbiome interactions in multiple sclerosis, 2022, EBioMedicine
  • Risk of new disease activity in patients with multiple sclerosis who continue or discontinue disease-modifying therapies (DISCOMS): a multicentre, randomised, single-blind, phase 4, non-inferiority trial, 2023, The Lancet Neurology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Anne H. Cross include:

  • Amit Bar-Or
  • Robert T. Naismith
  • Xavier Montalbán
  • Gregory F. Wu
  • Ludwig Kappos

The scientist's work is frequently published in the following venues:

  • Neurology
  • Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Multiple Sclerosis Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology

Best Publications

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • Dysmyelination Revealed through MRI as Increased Radial (but Unchanged Axial) Diffusion of Water

    Sheng-Kwei Song;Shu-Wei Sun;Shu-Wei Sun;Michael J. Ramsbottom;Chen Chang

  • Diffusion tensor imaging detects and differentiates axon and myelin degeneration in mouse optic nerve after retinal ischemia.

    Sheng-Kwei Song;Shu-Wei Sun;Won-Kyu Ju;Shiow-Jiuan Lin

  • Demyelination increases radial diffusivity in corpus callosum of mouse brain.

    Sheng Kwei Song;Jun Yoshino;Jun Yoshino;Tuan Q. Le;Shiow Jiuan Lin

  • Meta-analysis of genome scans and replication identify CD6, IRF8 and TNFRSF1A as new multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci

    Philip L De Jager;Philip L De Jager;Xiaoming Jia;Joanne Wang;Paul I W de Bakker

  • Ofatumumab versus Teriflunomide in Multiple Sclerosis

    Stephen L. Hauser;Amit Bar-Or;Jeffrey A. Cohen;Giancarlo Comi

  • Axial Diffusivity Is the Primary Correlate of Axonal Injury in the Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Spinal Cord: A Quantitative Pixelwise Analysis

    Matthew D. Budde;Mingqiang Xie;Anne H. Cross;Sheng-Kwei Song

  • Intermittent Fasting Confers Protection in CNS Autoimmunity by Altering the Gut Microbiota

    Francesca Cignarella;Claudia Cantoni;Laura Ghezzi;Amber Salter

  • A Diet Mimicking Fasting Promotes Regeneration and Reduces Autoimmunity and Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms.

    In Young Choi;Laura Piccio;Patra Childress;Bryan Bollman

  • Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy abrogates autoimmune demyelination.

    K. Selmaj;C. S. Raine;A. H. Cross

  • Rituximab reduces B cells and T cells in cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients.

    Anne H. Cross;Jennifer L. Stark;Joanne Lauber;Michael J. Ramsbottom

  • Noninvasive detection of cuprizone induced axonal damage and demyelination in the mouse corpus callosum

    Shu-Wei Sun;Hsiao-Fang Liang;Kathryn Trinkaus;Anne H. Cross

  • Glatiramer acetate in primary progressive multiple sclerosis: Results of a multinational, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Jerry S. Wolinsky;Ponnada A. Narayana;Paul O'Connor;Patricia K. Coyle

  • Fatigue therapy in multiple sclerosis Results of a double‐blind, randomized, parallel trial of amantadine, pemoline, and placebo

    L. B. Krupp;P. K. Coyle;C. Doscher;A. Miller

  • Aminoguanidine, an inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase, ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in SJL mice.

    Anne H. Cross;Thomas P. Misko;Robin F. Lin;William F. Hickey;William F. Hickey

  • Toward accurate diagnosis of white matter pathology using diffusion tensor imaging.

    Matthew D. Budde;Joong Hee Kim;Hsiao-Fang Liang;Robert E. Schmidt

  • Quantification of increased cellularity during inflammatory demyelination

    Yong Wang;Qing Wang;Justin P. Haldar;Fang-Cheng Yeh

  • Radial Diffusivity Predicts Demyelination in ex-vivo Multiple Sclerosis Spinal Cords

    Eric C. Klawiter;Robert E. Schmidt;Kathryn Trinkaus;Hsiao-Fang Liang

  • B cells are critical to induction of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis by protein but not by a short encephalitogenic peptide.

    Jeri-Anne Lyons;Manuel San;Mary Pat Happ;Anne H. Cross

  • Blockade of TREM-2 exacerbates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

    Laura Piccio;Cecilia Buonsanti;Margherita Mariani;Marina Cella

  • Homing to central nervous system vasculature by antigen-specific lymphocytes. I. Localization of 14C-labeled cells during acute, chronic, and relapsing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.

    Cross Ah;Cannella B;Brosnan Cf;Raine Cs

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniela Galimberti
Daniela Galimberti University of Milan
David A. Hafler
David A. Hafler Yale University
Stephen L. Hauser
Stephen L. Hauser University of California, San Francisco
Junqian Xu
Junqian Xu Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Michael K. Racke
Michael K. Racke Quest Diagnostics (United States)
Cedric S. Raine
Cedric S. Raine Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jorge R. Oksenberg
Jorge R. Oksenberg University of California, San Francisco
Amit Bar-Or
Amit Bar-Or University of Pennsylvania
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Robert S. Klein
Robert S. Klein Washington University in St. Louis

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