[HTML][HTML] CSF biomarkers in multiple sclerosis: Beyond neuroinflammation

S Toscano, F Patti - Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation, 2021 - oaepublish.com
For many years, quantifiable biomarkers in neurological diseases have represented a hot
topic. In multiple sclerosis (MS), cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers have played a diagnostic …

Cerebrospinal fluid immunoglobulin light chain ratios predict disease progression in multiple sclerosis

E Rathbone, L Durant, J Kinsella, AR Parker… - Journal of Neurology …, 2018 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To determine whether the ratio of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) immunoglobulin kappa
to lambda light chains at time of multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis predicts disease …

CSF oligoclonal band status informs prognosis in multiple sclerosis: a case control study of 100 patients

FG Joseph, CL Hirst, TP Pickersgill… - Journal of Neurology …, 2009 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective: Oligoclonal band (OCB) negative multiple sclerosis (MS) is well recognised but
uncommon, studied in only a few usually small case series. These reached differing …

Tear analysis in clinically isolated syndrome as new multiple sclerosis criterion

G Calais, G Forzy, C Crinquette… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
In clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), the detection of oligoclonal bands (OCBs) in
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is critical for space dissemination validation when magnetic …

Immunoglobulin M oligoclonal bands: biomarker of targetable inflammation in primary progressive multiple sclerosis

LM Villar, B Casanova, N Ouamara… - Annals of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To identify a biomarker distinguishing patients who, despite a primary progressive
multiple sclerosis (PPMS) clinical course, may nonetheless benefit from immune therapy …

Primary progressive versus relapsing-onset multiple sclerosis: presence and prognostic value of cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal IgM

P Sola, J Mandrioli, AM Simone… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There is increasing evidence on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) oligoclonal IgM
(OCIgM) predicting a more aggressive disease course in relapsing–remitting Multiple …

Cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal bands in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: isoelectric focusing with IgG immunoblotting compared with high-resolution agarose gel …

AS Fortini, EL Sanders, BG Weinshenker… - American journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system. We compared the diagnostic performance of isoelectric focusing (IEF) combined …

Cerebrospinal fluid kappa free light chains for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: A consensus statement

H Hegen, G Arrambide, S Gnanapavan… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is of utmost importance for diagnosis and differential
diagnosis of patients with suspected multiple sclerosis (MS). Evidence of intrathecal …

Intrathecal IgG synthesis: a resistant and valuable target for future multiple sclerosis treatments

M Bonnan - Multiple sclerosis international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Intrathecal IgG synthesis is a key biological feature of multiple sclerosis (MS). When
acquired early, it persists over time. A growing body of evidence suggests that intrathecal Ig …

Biomarkers for multiple sclerosis

R Tomioka, M Matsui - Internal medicine, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Magnetic resonance imaging has been shown to be a powerful tool for diagnosing multiple
sclerosis (MS) and evaluating surrogate markers of the disease activity. However …