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Dr Will Brown

University Position
Senior Research Associate

Interests

The Brown Group focuses on reducing disability in multiple sclerosis, one of the most common causes of disability in the young. We use real-world data to optimise the use of existing disease-modifying therapies and to explore novel repair strategies (e.g. Brown et al JAMA 2019; Kalincik, Brown et al Lancet Neurol 2017). We run remyelination trials in people with MS, focusing on novel imaging outcomes to detect treatment effects and illuminate disease biology (e.g. Brown et al Lancet Neurol 2021). And we use IT to improve and personalise the care of people with MS and enrich MS registries.

Key Publications

Bexarotene leads to durable improvements in visual evoked potential latency: A follow-up study of the Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair One trial.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/13524585241233177
Journal: Multiple Sclerosis Journal
E-pub date: 1 Jul 2024
Authors: CE McMurran, T Mukherjee, JWL Brown, AJ Coles, NG Cunniffe

A real-world clinical validation for AI-based MRI monitoring in multiple sclerosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-023-00940-6
Journal: NPJ Digit Med
E-pub date: 19 Oct 2023
Authors: M Barnett, D Wang, H Beadnall, A Bischof, D Brunacci, H Butzkueven, JWL Brown, M Cabezas, T Das, T Dugal, D Guilfoyle, A Klistorner, S Krieger, K Kyle, L Ly, L Masters, A Shieh, Z Tang, A van der Walt, K Ward, H Wiendl, G Zhan, R Zivadinov, Y Barnett, C Wang

Remyelination varies between and within lesions in multiple sclerosis following bexarotene.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51662
Journal: Ann Clin Transl Neurol
E-pub date: 1 Oct 2022
Authors: JWL Brown, F Prados, DR Altmann, B Kanber, J Stutters, NG Cunniffe, JL Jones, ZG Georgieva, EJ Needham, C Daruwalla, CG Wheeler-Kingshott, P Connick, S Chandran, R Franklin, D MacManus, R Samson, A Coles, D Chard

Remyelination in humans due to a retinoid-X receptor agonist is age-dependent.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51595
Journal: Ann Clin Transl Neurol
E-pub date: 1 Jul 2022
Authors: CE McMurran, T Mukherjee, JWL Brown, AW Michell, DT Chard, RJM Franklin, AJ Coles, NG Cunniffe

Safety and efficacy of bexarotene in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (CCMR One): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, phase 2a study.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00179-4
Journal: Lancet Neurol
E-pub date: 1 Sep 2021
Authors: JWL Brown, NG Cunniffe, F Prados, B Kanber, JL Jones, E Needham, Z Georgieva, D Rog, OR Pearson, J Overell, D MacManus, RS Samson, J Stutters, C Ffrench-Constant, CAM Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, C Moran, PD Flynn, AW Michell, RJM Franklin, S Chandran, DR Altmann, DT Chard, P Connick, AJ Coles

The MS Remyelinating Drug Bexarotene (an RXR Agonist) Promotes Induction of Human Tregs and Suppresses Th17 Differentiation In Vitro.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.712241
Journal: Front Immunol
E-pub date: 1 Aug 2021
Authors: CM Gaunt, DB Rainbow, RJ Mackenzie, LB Jarvis, HS Mousa, N Cunniffe, Z Georgieva, JW Brown, AJ Coles, JL Jones

Surface-in pathology in multiple sclerosis: a new view on pathogenesis?

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awab025
Journal: Brain
E-pub date: 28 Jul 2021
Authors: M Pardini, JWL Brown, R Magliozzi, R Reynolds, DT Chard

Delay from treatment start to full effect of immunotherapies for multiple sclerosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa231
Journal: Brain
E-pub date: 1 Sep 2020
Authors: I Roos, E Leray, F Frascoli, R Casey, JWL Brown, D Horakova, EK Havrdova, M Trojano, F Patti, G Izquierdo, S Eichau, M Onofrj, A Lugaresi, A Prat, M Girard, P Grammond, P Sola, D Ferraro, S Ozakbas, R Bergamaschi, MJ Sá, E Cartechini, C Boz, F Granella, R Hupperts, M Terzi, J Lechner-Scott, D Spitaleri, V Van Pesch, A Soysal, J Olascoaga, J Prevost, E Aguera-Morales, M Slee, T Csepany, R Turkoglu, Y Sidhom, R Gouider, B Van Wijmeersch, P McCombe, R Macdonell, A Coles, CB Malpas, H Butzkueven, S Vukusic, T Kalincik, MSBase, OFSEP investigators

Periventricular magnetisation transfer ratio abnormalities in multiple sclerosis improve after alemtuzumab.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/1352458519852093
Journal: Mult Scler
E-pub date: 31 Aug 2020
Authors: JWL Brown, F Prados Carrasco, A Eshaghi, CH Sudre, T Button, M Pardini, RS Samson, S Ourselin, CAG Wheeler-Kingshott, JL Jones, AJ Coles, DT Chard

Timing of high-efficacy therapy for multiple sclerosis: a retrospective observational cohort study.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30067-3
Journal: Lancet Neurol
E-pub date: 1 Apr 2020
Authors: A He, B Merkel, JWL Brown, L Zhovits Ryerson, I Kister, CB Malpas, S Sharmin, D Horakova, E Kubala Havrdova, T Spelman, G Izquierdo, S Eichau, M Trojano, A Lugaresi, R Hupperts, P Sola, D Ferraro, J Lycke, F Grand'Maison, A Prat, M Girard, P Duquette, C Larochelle, A Svenningsson, T Petersen, P Grammond, F Granella, V Van Pesch, R Bergamaschi, C McGuigan, A Coles, J Hillert, F Piehl, H Butzkueven, T Kalincik, MSBase study group

Association of Initial Disease-Modifying Therapy With Later Conversion to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.20588
Journal: JAMA
E-pub date: 15 Jan 2019
Authors: JWL Brown, A Coles, D Horakova, E Havrdova, G Izquierdo, A Prat, M Girard, P Duquette, M Trojano, A Lugaresi, R Bergamaschi, P Grammond, R Alroughani, R Hupperts, P McCombe, V Van Pesch, P Sola, D Ferraro, F Grand'Maison, M Terzi, J Lechner-Scott, S Flechter, M Slee, V Shaygannejad, E Pucci, F Granella, V Jokubaitis, M Willis, C Rice, N Scolding, A Wilkins, OR Pearson, T Ziemssen, M Hutchinson, K Harding, J Jones, C McGuigan, H Butzkueven, T Kalincik, N Robertson, MSBase Study Group

Treatment effectiveness of alemtuzumab compared with natalizumab, fingolimod, and interferon beta in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a cohort study.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30007-8
Journal: Lancet Neurol
E-pub date: 1 Apr 2017
Authors: T Kalincik, JWL Brown, N Robertson, M Willis, N Scolding, CM Rice, A Wilkins, O Pearson, T Ziemssen, M Hutchinson, C McGuigan, V Jokubaitis, T Spelman, D Horakova, E Havrdova, M Trojano, G Izquierdo, A Lugaresi, A Prat, M Girard, P Duquette, P Grammond, R Alroughani, E Pucci, P Sola, R Hupperts, J Lechner-Scott, M Terzi, V Van Pesch, C Rozsa, F Grand'Maison, C Boz, F Granella, M Slee, D Spitaleri, J Olascoaga, R Bergamaschi, F Verheul, S Vucic, P McCombe, S Hodgkinson, JL Sanchez-Menoyo, R Ampapa, M Simo, T Csepany, C Ramo, E Cristiano, M Barnett, H Butzkueven, A Coles, MSBase Study Group

An abnormal periventricular magnetization transfer ratio gradient occurs early in multiple sclerosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/brain/aww296
Journal: Brain
E-pub date: 1 Feb 2017
Authors: JWL Brown, M Pardini, WJ Brownlee, K Fernando, RS Samson, F Prados Carrasco, S Ourselin, CAM Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, DH Miller, DT Chard

Publications

Robust real-world evidence: optimising disease-modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-023-11984-9
Journal: J Neurol
E-pub date: 1 Oct 2023
Authors: C McArthur, C Daruwalla, M Jayeskara, JWL Brown

Early non-disabling relapses are important predictors of disability accumulation in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/13524585231151951
Journal: Mult Scler
E-pub date: 1 Jun 2023
Authors: C Daruwalla, V Shaygannejad, S Ozakbas, EK Havrdova, D Horakova, R Alroughani, C Boz, F Patti, M Onofrj, A Lugaresi, S Eichau, M Girard, A Prat, P Duquette, B Yamout, SJ Khoury, SA Sajedi, R Turkoglu, A Altintas, O Skibina, K Buzzard, P Grammond, R Karabudak, A van der Walt, H Butzkueven, D Maimone, J Lechner-Scott, A Soysal, N John, J Prevost, D Spitaleri, C Ramo-Tello, O Gerlach, G Iuliano, M Foschi, R Ampapa, V van Pesch, M Barnett, N Shalaby, M D'hooghe, J Kuhle, MJ Sa, M Fabis-Pedrini, A Kermode, S Mrabet, R Gouider, S Hodgkinson, G Laureys, L Van Hijfte, R Macdonell, C Oreja-Guevara, E Cristiano, P McCombe, JL Sanchez-Menoyo, B Singhal, Y Blanco, S Hughes, J Garber, C Solaro, C McGuigan, B Taylor, K de Gans, M Habek, A Al-Asmi, S Mihaela, T Castillo Triviño, T Al-Harbi, JI Rojas, O Gray, D Khurana, B Van Wijmeersch, N Grigoriadis, J Inshasi, J Oh, E Aguera-Morales, Y Fragoso, F Moore, C Shaw, SM Baghbanian, N Shuey, B Willekens, TA Hardy, D Decoo, AP Sempere, D Field, R Wynford-Thomas, NG Cunniffe, I Roos, CB Malpas, AJ Coles, T Kalincik, JWL Brown

Early depressive symptoms and disability accrual in Multiple Sclerosis: a UK MS Register study.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34545-6
Journal: Sci Rep
E-pub date: 24 May 2023
Authors: BM Jacobs, C Daruwalla, MO McKeon, R Al-Najjar, A Simcock-Davies, K Tuite-Dalton, JWL Brown, R Dobson, J Rodgers, R Middleton

Clinician and patient experience of neurology telephone consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2021-141234
Journal: Postgrad Med J
E-pub date: 1 Jul 2022
Authors: T Nakornchai, E Conci, A Hensiek, JWL Brown

The contemporary role of MRI in the monitoring and management of people with multiple sclerosis in the UK.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2021.103190
Journal: Mult Scler Relat Disord
E-pub date: 1 Oct 2021
Authors: L Fernandes, CM Allen, T Williams, E Tallantyre, N Evangelou, J Chataway, HL Ford, UK MS Trials and Registries Consortium investigators

Determinants of therapeutic lag in multiple sclerosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/1352458520981300
Journal: Multiple Sclerosis Journal
E-pub date: 1 Oct 2021
Authors: I Roos, E Leray, F Frascoli, R Casey, JWL Brown, D Horakova, EK Havrdova, M Debouverie, M Trojano, F Patti, G Izquierdo, S Eichau, G Edan, A Prat, M Girard, P Duquette, M Onofrj, A Lugaresi, P Grammond, J Ciron, A Ruet, S Ozakbas, J De Seze, C Louapre, H Zephir, MJ Sá, P Sola, D Ferraro, P Labauge, G Defer, R Bergamaschi, C Lebrun-Frenay, C Boz, E Cartechini, T Moreau, D Laplaud, J Lechner-Scott, F Grand'Maison, O Gerlach, M Terzi, F Granella, R Alroughani, G Iuliano, V Van Pesch, B Van Wijmeersch, DLA Spitaleri, A Soysal, E Berger, J Prevost, E Aguera-Morales, P McCombe, T Castillo Triviño, P Clavelou, J Pelletier, R Turkoglu, B Stankoff, O Gout, E Thouvenot, O Heinzlef, Y Sidhom, R Gouider, T Csepany, B Bourre, A Al Khedr, O Casez, P Cabre, A Montcuquet, A Wahab, J-P Camdessanche, A Maurousset, I Patry, K Hankiewicz, C Pottier, N Maubeuge, C Labeyrie, C Nifle, A Coles, CB Malpas, S Vukusic, H Butzkueven, T Kalincik

The MS remyelinating drug bexarotene (an RXR agonist) promotes induction of human Tregs and suppresses Th17 differentiation in vitro

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.17.431344
Journal:
E-pub date: 1 Aug 2021
Authors: C Gaunt, D Rainbow, R Mackenzie, L Jarvis, H Mousa, N Cunniffe, Z Georgieva, W Brown, A Coles, J Jones

Magnetisation transfer ratio abnormalities in primary and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/1352458519841810
Journal: Mult Scler
E-pub date: 1 May 2020
Authors: JWL Brown, A Chowdhury, B Kanber, F Prados Carrasco, A Eshaghi, CH Sudre, M Pardini, RS Samson, SH van de Pavert, CG Wheeler-Kingshott, DT Chard

Keratinocyte growth factor impairs human thymic recovery from lymphopenia.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.125377
Journal: JCI Insight
E-pub date: 7 May 2019
Authors: AJ Coles, L Azzopardi, O Kousin-Ezewu, HK Mullay, SA Thompson, L Jarvis, J Davies, S Howlett, D Rainbow, J Babar, TJ Sadler, JWL Brown, E Needham, K May, ZG Georgieva, AE Handel, S Maio, M Deadman, I Rota, G Holländer, S Dawson, D Jayne, R Seggewiss-Bernhardt, DC Douek, JD Isaacs, JL Jones

The role of MRI in the evaluation of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1586/14737175.2016.1134323
Journal: Expert Rev Neurother
E-pub date: 1 Aug 2016
Authors: JWL Brown, DT Chard

When is it safe to return to driving following first-ever seizure?

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2013-307529
Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
E-pub date: 1 Jan 2015
Authors: JWL Brown, ND Lawn, J Lee, JW Dunne

Long-term remission with rituximab in refractory leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 antibody encephalitis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.03.012
Journal: Journal of Neuroimmunology
E-pub date: 1 Jan 2014
Authors: JWL Brown, PJ Martin, JW Thorpe, AW Michell, AJ Coles, AL Cox, A Vincent, MS Zandi

First use of alemtuzumab in Balo’s concentric sclerosis: a case report.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/1352458513498129
Journal: Mult Scler
E-pub date: 1 Oct 2013
Authors: JWL Brown, AJ Coles, JL Jones

Alemtuzumab: evidence for its potential in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S32687
Journal: Drug Des Devel Ther
E-pub date: 1 Aug 2013
Authors: JWL Brown, AJ Coles

Association of obstructive sleep apnea with risk of serious cardiovascular events: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.964783
Journal: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
E-pub date: 1 Sep 2012
Authors: YK Loke, JWL Brown, CS Kwok, A Niruban, PK Myint

Amphetamine-associated seizures: clinical features and prognosis.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02924.x
Journal: Epilepsia
E-pub date: 1 Feb 2011
Authors: JWL Brown, JW Dunne, DM Fatovich, J Lee, ND Lawn