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 …

Development of autoantibodies precedes clinical manifestations of autoimmune diseases: a comprehensive review

WT Ma, C Chang, ME Gershwin, ZX Lian - Journal of autoimmunity, 2017 - Elsevier
The etiology of autoimmune diseases is due to a combination of genetic predisposition and
environmental factors that alter the expression of immune regulatory genes through various …

[HTML][HTML] The role of antibodies in multiple sclerosis

MS Weber, B Hemmer, S Cepok - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 2011 - Elsevier
B cells, plasma cells, and antibodies are commonly found in active central nervous system
(CNS) lesions in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). B cells isolated from CNS lesions as …

Biomarkers in multiple sclerosis: an up‐to‐date overview

S Katsavos, M Anagnostouli - Multiple sclerosis international, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
During the last decades, the effort of establishing satisfactory biomarkers for multiple
sclerosis has been proven to be very difficult, due to the clinical and pathophysiological …

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 …

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 …

IL-2, IL-6 and chitinase 3-like 2 might predict early relapse activity in multiple sclerosis

M Petržalka, E Meluzínová, J Libertínová, H Mojžišová… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The possibility to better predict the severity of the disease in a patient newly
diagnosed with multiple sclerosis would allow the treatment strategy to be personalized and …

An update on the use of cerebrospinal fluid analysis as a diagnostic tool in multiple sclerosis

M Gastaldi, E Zardini, D Franciotta - Expert review of molecular …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Intrathecal B-lymphocyte activation is a hallmark of multiple sclerosis (MS), a
multi-factorial inflammatory-demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Such …

Body fluid biomarkers in multiple sclerosis: how far we have come and how they could affect the clinic now and in the future

I Raphael, J Webb, O Stuve, W Haskins… - Expert review of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous
system, which affects over 2.5 million people worldwide. Although MS has been extensively …

Development of biomarkers for multiple sclerosis as a neurodegenerative disorder

U Ziemann, M Wahl, E Hattingen, H Tumani - Progress in neurobiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological disorder leading to permanent
disability in young adults in the developed world. While traditionally conceived as an …