Epidemiology and treatment of multiple sclerosis in elderly populations

CB Vaughn, D Jakimovski, KS Kavak… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) and the age of affected patients are increasing
owing to increased longevity of the general population and the availability of effective …

Smouldering‐Associated Worsening in Multiple Sclerosis: An International Consensus Statement on Definition, Biology, Clinical Implications, and Future Directions

A Scalfari, A Traboulsee, J Oh, L Airas… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite therapeutic suppression of relapses, multiple sclerosis (MS) patients often
experience subtle deterioration, which extends beyond the definition of “progression …

Locus for severity implicates CNS resilience in progression of multiple sclerosis

MultipleMS Consortium Harroud Adil 1 78 78 Jónsdóttir … - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that
results in significant neurodegeneration in the majority of those affected and is a common …

Proteomics reveal biomarkers for diagnosis, disease activity and long-term disability outcomes in multiple sclerosis

J Åkesson, S Hojjati, S Hellberg, J Raffetseder… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Sensitive and reliable protein biomarkers are needed to predict disease trajectory and
personalize treatment strategies for multiple sclerosis (MS). Here, we use the highly …

Serum GFAP as a biomarker for disease severity in multiple sclerosis

A Abdelhak, A Huss, J Kassubek, H Tumani, M Otto - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
While neurofilament light chain (NfL) measurement in serum is a well-established marker of
neuroaxonal damage in multiple sclerosis (MS), data on astroglial markers in serum are …

Paramagnetic rim lesions are specific to multiple sclerosis: an international multicenter 3T MRI study

P Maggi, P Sati, G Nair, ICM Cortese… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In multiple sclerosis (MS), a subset of chronic active white matter lesions are identifiable on
magnetic resonance imaging by their paramagnetic rims, and increasing evidence supports …

Inflammation-related plasma and CSF biomarkers for multiple sclerosis

J Huang, M Khademi, L Fugger, Ö Lindhe… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Effective biomarkers for multiple sclerosis diagnosis, assessment of prognosis, and
treatment responses, in particular those measurable in blood, are largely lacking. We have …

Blood neurofilament light levels segregate treatment effects in multiple sclerosis

B Delcoigne, A Manouchehrinia, C Barro, P Benkert… - Neurology, 2020 - neurology.org
Objective To determine factors (including the role of specific disease modulatory treatments
[DMTs]) associated with (1) baseline,(2) on-treatment, and (3) change (from treatment start to …

Glial activation markers in CSF and serum from patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis: potential of serum GFAP as disease severity marker?

A Abdelhak, T Hottenrott, E Morenas-Rodríguez… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: In progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), glial activation is thought to be a
relevant mechanism of disability progression. Therefore, in vivo assessment of the glial cell …

Pharmacotherapeutic potential of ginger and its compounds in age-related neurological disorders

JG Choi, SY Kim, M Jeong, MS Oh - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Age-related neurological disorders (ANDs), including neurodegenerative diseases, are
multifactorial disorders with a risk that increases with aging. ANDs are generally …