Demographic and disease-related factors impact on cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain levels in multiple sclerosis.
Kamila Zondra RevendovaChiara Starvaggi CucuzzaAli ManouchehriniaMohsen KhademiMichal BarDavid LeppertElisabeth SandbergRussell OuelletteTobias GranbergFredrik PiehlPublished in: Brain and behavior (2022)
In participants with MS lacking signs of inflammatory disease activity, disease modulatory therapy reinstates an age and sex cNfL pattern similar to that of control subjects. No significant association was found between cNfL levels and clinical worsening, disability level, or MRI metrics.
Keyphrases
- multiple sclerosis
- disease activity
- cerebrospinal fluid
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- mass spectrometry
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- contrast enhanced
- ms ms
- stem cells
- magnetic resonance
- bone marrow
- mesenchymal stem cells
- smoking cessation