Toward identifying key mechanisms of progression in multiple sclerosis

L Husseini, A Geladaris, MS Weber - Trends in Neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
A major therapeutic goal in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) is to prevent the
accumulation of disability over an often decades-long disease course. Disability progression …

Determinants and biomarkers of progression independent of relapses in multiple sclerosis

M Calabrese, P Preziosa, A Scalfari… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical, pathological, and imaging evidence in multiple sclerosis (MS) suggests that a
smoldering inflammatory activity is present from the earliest stages of the disease and …

B cell depletion with anti-CD20 promotes neuroprotection in a BAFF-dependent manner in mice and humans

AA Wang, F Luessi, T Neziraj, E Pössnecker… - Science Translational …, 2024 - science.org
Anti-CD20 therapy to deplete B cells is highly efficacious in preventing new white matter
lesions in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), but its protective …

Association of spinal cord atrophy and brain paramagnetic rim lesions with progression independent of relapse activity in people with MS

A Cagol, P Benkert, L Melie-Garcia, SA Schaedelin… - Neurology, 2024 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) is a crucial
determinant of overall disability accumulation in multiple sclerosis (MS). Accelerated brain …

Multiple sclerosis progression and relapse activity in children

P Iaffaldano, E Portaccio, G Lucisano, M Simone… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although up to 20% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience onset
before 18 years of age, it has been suggested that people with pediatric-onset MS (POMS) …

Treatment reduces the incidence of newly appearing multiple sclerosis lesions evolving into chronic active, slowly expanding lesions: A retrospective analysis

A Calvi, Z Mendelsohn, W Hamed… - European journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Newly appearing lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) may evolve
into chronically active, slowly expanding lesions (SELs), leading to sustained disability …

[HTML][HTML] Causal relationship between multiple sclerosis and cortical structure: a Mendelian randomization study

D Sun, R Wang, Q Du, Y Zhang, H Chen, Z Shi… - Journal of Translational …, 2024 - Springer
Background Observational studies have suggested an association between multiple
sclerosis (MS) and cortical structure, but the results have been inconsistent. Objective We …

The neuropathobiology of multiple sclerosis

MS Woo, JB Engler, MA Friese - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Chronic low-grade inflammation and neuronal deregulation are two components of a
smoldering disease activity that drives the progression of disability in people with multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Disentangling the heterogeneity of multiple sclerosis through identification of independent neuropathological dimensions

A de Boer, AMR van den Bosch, NJ Mekkes… - Acta …, 2024 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a heterogeneous neurological disorder with regards to clinical
presentation and pathophysiology. Here, we investigated the heterogeneity of MS by …

Radiomics models based on cortical damages for identification of multiple sclerosis with cognitive impairment

Z Yan, S Yuan, Q Zhu, X Wang, Z Shi, Y Zhang… - Multiple Sclerosis and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Cognitive impairment (CI) is a common symptom in multiple sclerosis (MS)
patients. Cortical damages can be closely associated with cognitive network dysfunction and …