The cerebrospinal fluid in multiple sclerosis

F Deisenhammer, H Zetterberg, B Fitzner… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Investigation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the diagnostic work-up in suspected multiple
sclerosis (MS) patients has regained attention in the latest version of the diagnostic criteria …

Atacicept: targeting B cells in multiple sclerosis

HP Hartung, BC Kieseier - Therapeutic advances in …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) has traditionally been considered to be a T-cell-mediated disease.
However, there is an increasing body of evidence for the involvement of B cells and …

Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in multiple sclerosis

H Tumani, HP Hartung, B Hemmer, C Teunissen… - Neurobiology of …, 2009 - Elsevier
In patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) intensive efforts are directed at identifying biomarkers
in bodily fluids related to underlying disease mechanisms, disease activity and progression …

Using personalized prognosis in the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis: A practical guide

B Van Wijmeersch, HP Hartung, P Vermersch… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The clinical course of multiple sclerosis (MS) is highly variable among patients, thus creating
important challenges for the neurologist to appropriately treat and monitor patient progress …

[HTML][HTML] Biochemical biomarkers for multiple sclerosis

J Maroto-García, A Martínez-Escribano… - Clinica Chimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most frequent demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system. Although there is currently there is no definite cure for MS, new therapies …

Systematic review of prediction models in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

FS Brown, SA Glasmacher, PKA Kearns… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The natural history of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) is variable and
prediction of individual prognosis challenging. The inability to reliably predict prognosis at …

Contribution of dysregulated B-cells and IgE antibody responses to multiple sclerosis

MR Seals, MM Moran, JD Leavenworth… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a debilitating autoimmune inflammatory disease that affects the
brain and spinal cord, causes demyelination of neurons, axonal damage, and …

Cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal IgM bands predict early conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis in patients with clinically isolated syndrome

D Ferraro, AM Simone, R Bedin, V Galli, F Vitetta… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
We reviewed the records of 391 patients who had presented with a Clinically Isolated
Syndrome and selected 205 who had performed a baseline spinal tap and MRI scan. We …

Predicting aggressive multiple sclerosis with intrathecal IgM synthesis among patients with a clinically isolated syndrome

E Monreal, S Sainz de la Maza… - Neurology …, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To determine the best method to measure intrathecal immunoglobulin (Ig) M
synthesis (ITMS), a biomarker of worse prognosis in multiple sclerosis (MS). We compared …

Molecular biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients

B Fitzner, M Hecker, UK Zettl - Autoimmunity reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system,
usually occurring in young adults and leading to disability. Despite the progress in …