Biomarkers in multiple sclerosis

WJ Housley, D Pitt, DA Hafler - Clinical immunology, 2015 - Elsevier
Substantial effort has been made over the last six decades to identify biomarkers for multiple
sclerosis that can improve disease diagnosis, predict disease progression, and improve …

Body fluid biomarkers for multiple sclerosis—the long road to clinical application

CE Teunissen, A Malekzadeh, C Leurs… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
There is a strong unmet clinical need for objective body fluid biomarkers to assist early
diagnosis and estimate long-term prognosis, monitor treatment response and predict …

Chitinase 3-like 1: prognostic biomarker in clinically isolated syndromes

E Canto, M Tintore, LM Villar, C Costa, R Nurtdinov… - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) has been proposed as a biomarker associated with the
conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis in patients with clinically isolated …

Chitinase 3-like proteins as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of multiple sclerosis

G Hinsinger, N Galéotti, N Nabholz… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Despite sensitivity of MRI to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS), prognostic
biomarkers are still needed for optimized treatment. Objective: The objective of this paper is …

Glial and neuronal markers in cerebrospinal fluid predict progression in multiple sclerosis

MAM Martínez, B Olsson, L Bau… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To investigate glial and neuronal biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples
from patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and clinically isolated …

Cerebrospinal fluid levels of chitinase 3-like 1 and neurofilament light chain predict multiple sclerosis development and disability after optic neuritis

S Modvig, M Degn, H Roed… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers have been suggested to predict multiple
sclerosis (MS) after clinically isolated syndromes, but studies investigating long-term …

Cerebrospinal fluid markers reveal intrathecal inflammation in progressive multiple sclerosis

M Komori, A Blake, M Greenwood, YC Lin… - Annals of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The management of complex patients with neuroimmunological diseases is
hindered by an inability to reliably measure intrathecal inflammation. Currently implemented …

An Integrated Workflow for Multiplex CSF Proteomics and Peptidomics Identification of Candidate Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease

M Holtta, L Minthon, O Hansson… - Journal of proteome …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Many disease processes in the brain are reflected in the protein composition of the
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). In addition to proteins, CSF also contains a large number of …

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 …

CSF neuroinflammatory biomarkers in bipolar disorder are associated with cognitive impairment

S Rolstad, J Jakobsson, C Sellgren, A Isgren… - European …, 2015 - Elsevier
Persistent cognitive impairment in the euthymic state of bipolar disorder is increasingly
recognized. Mounting evidence also suggests an association between neuroinflammation …