Emerging imaging and liquid biomarkers in multiple sclerosis

AJ Gill, EM Schorr, SP Gadani… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The advent of highly effective disease modifying therapy has transformed the landscape of
multiple sclerosis (MS) care over the last two decades. However, there remains a critical …

Disease biomarkers in multiple sclerosis: potential for use in therapeutic decision making

VK Harris, SA Sadiq - Molecular diagnosis & therapy, 2009 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder of the brain and spinal cord that
predominantly affects white matter. MS has a variable clinical presentation and has no …

CNS Langerhans cell histiocytosis: common hematopoietic origin for LCH‐associated neurodegeneration and mass lesions

KL McClain, J Picarsic, R Chakraborty, D Zinn, H Lin… - Cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Central nervous system Langerhans cell histiocytosis (CNS‐LCH) brain
involvement may include mass lesions and/or a neurodegenerative disease (LCH‐ND) of …

Natalizumab in progressive MS: results of an open-label, phase 2A, proof-of-concept trial

J Romme Christensen, R Ratzer, L Börnsen… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: Natalizumab inhibits the migration of systemic immune cells to the CNS and may
be beneficial in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). The objective of the study was to …

Osteopontin (OPN) as a CSF and blood biomarker for multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

E Agah, A Zardoui, A Saghazadeh, M Ahmadi… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Identifying a reliable biomarker may accelerate diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and lead
to early management of the disease. Accumulating evidence suggest that cerebrospinal fluid …

Biomarkers of therapeutic response in multiple sclerosis: current status

VK Harris, SA Sadiq - Molecular diagnosis & therapy, 2014 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of unknown cause, in which chronic
inflammation drives multifocal demyelination of axons in both white and gray matter in the …

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 …

Emerging biomarkers of multiple sclerosis in the blood and the CSF: a focus on neurofilaments and therapeutic considerations

T Biernacki, Z Kokas, D Sandi, J Füvesi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common immune-mediated chronic
neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) affecting young people …

Selected CSF biomarkers indicate no evidence of early neuroinflammation in Huntington disease

T Vinther-Jensen, L Börnsen… - Neurology …, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To investigate CSF biomarkers of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in
Huntington disease (HD) gene-expansion carriers compared to controls and to investigate …

Biomarkers of disease activity in multiple sclerosis

JJ Graber, S Dhib-Jalbut - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
As therapeutic options for multiple sclerosis widen, validated biomarkers of clinical disease
activity are urgently needed. Reliable biomarkers would assist in choosing initial therapy …