An adverse lipid profile is associated with disability and progression in disability, in people with MS

P Tettey, S Simpson Jr, B Taylor… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There is accumulating data suggesting an association between serum lipids,
apolipoproteins and disability in multiple sclerosis (MS). Objectives: To investigate the …

Serum lipid profiles are associated with disability and MRI outcomes in multiple sclerosis

B Weinstock-Guttman, R Zivadinov, N Mahfooz… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Background The breakdown of the blood-brain-barrier vascular endothelium is critical for
entry of immune cells into the MS brain. Vascular co-morbidities are associated with …

Adverse lipid profile is not associated with relapse risk in MS: results from an observational cohort study

P Tettey, S Simpson Jr, B Taylor, L Blizzard… - Journal of the …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background There is increasing evidence that serum lipids and apolipoproteins may be
associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) clinical course. Objective To investigate the …

Lipoprotein markers associated with disability from multiple sclerosis

AR Gafson, T Thorne, CIJ McKechnie, B Jimenez… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Altered lipid metabolism is a feature of chronic inflammatory disorders. Increased plasma
lipids and lipoproteins have been associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity …

Frequency of comorbidities and their association with clinical disability and relapse in multiple sclerosis

P Tettey, D Siejka, S Simpson Jr, B Taylor… - …, 2016 - karger.com
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients may be at an increased risk of comorbidities
due to the debilitating and chronic nature of the disease. An increased understanding of …

An adverse lipid profile and increased levels of adiposity significantly predict clinical course after a first demyelinating event

P Tettey, S Simpson, B Taylor, AL Ponsonby… - Journal of Neurology …, 2017 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To investigate the prospective associations between adiposity and lipid-related
variables and conversion to multiple sclerosis (MS), time to subsequent relapse and …

Cholesterol and markers of cholesterol turnover in multiple sclerosis: relationship with disease outcomes

S Zhornitsky, KA McKay, LM Metz, CE Teunissen… - Multiple sclerosis and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic central nervous system disease that is associated with
progressive loss of myelin and subsequent axonal degeneration. Cholesterol is an essential …

Obesity worsens central inflammation and disability in multiple sclerosis

M Stampanoni Bassi, E Iezzi, F Buttari… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Previous studies evidenced a link between metabolic dysregulation,
inflammation, and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS). Objectives: To explore …

Cholesterol and neurodegeneration: longitudinal changes in serum cholesterol biomarkers are associated with new lesions and gray matter atrophy in multiple …

N Murali, RW Browne… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Cholesterol is an important structural component of myelin and
essential for brain homeostasis. Our objective was to investigate whether longitudinal …

Serum lipid profile changes predict neurodegeneration in interferon-β1a-treated multiple sclerosis patients

T Uher, K Fellows, D Horakova, R Zivadinov… - Journal of lipid …, 2017 - ASBMB
The purpose of this work was to determine whether changes in cholesterol profiles after
interferon-β (IFN-β) 1a treatment initiation following the first demyelinating event suggestive …