Synaptopathy connects inflammation and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis

G Mandolesi, A Gentile, A Musella… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) has long been regarded as a chronic inflammatory disease of the
white matter that leads to demyelination and eventually to neurodegeneration. In the past …

Brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis: mechanisms, clinical relevance and treatment options

A Andravizou, E Dardiotis, A Artemiadis… - Autoimmunity …, 2019 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system
characterized by focal or diffuse inflammation, demyelination, axonal loss and …

Meningeal B-cell follicles in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis associate with early onset of disease and severe cortical pathology

R Magliozzi, O Howell, A Vora, B Serafini, R Nicholas… - Brain, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Intrathecal antibody production is a hallmark of multiple sclerosis and humoral immunity is
thought to play an important role in the inflammatory response and development of …

Brain atrophy and lesion load predict long term disability in multiple sclerosis

V Popescu, F Agosta, HE Hulst, IC Sluimer… - Journal of Neurology …, 2013 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To determine whether brain atrophy and lesion volumes predict subsequent 10
year clinical evolution in multiple sclerosis (MS). Design From eight MAGNIMS (MAGNetic …

Gray matter atrophy in multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study

E Fisher, JC Lee, K Nakamura… - Annals of Neurology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine gray matter (GM) atrophy rates in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients at
all stages of disease, and to identify predictors and clinical correlates of GM atrophy …

Treatment effect on brain atrophy correlates with treatment effect on disability in multiple sclerosis

MP Sormani, DL Arnold, N De Stefano - Annals of neurology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the extent to which treatment effect on brain atrophy is able to
mediate, at the trial level, the treatment effect on disability progression in relapsing–remitting …

Optimizing treatment success in multiple sclerosis

T Ziemssen, T Derfuss, N de Stefano, G Giovannoni… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Despite important advances in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) over recent years, the
introduction of several disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), the burden of progressive …

Measurement and clinical effect of grey matter pathology in multiple sclerosis

JJG Geurts, M Calabrese, E Fisher… - The Lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
During the past 10 years, the intense involvement of the grey matter of the CNS in the
pathology of multiple sclerosis has become evident. On gross inspection, demyelination in …

Grey matter pathology in multiple sclerosis

JJG Geurts, F Barkhof - The Lancet Neurology, 2008 - thelancet.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been classically regarded as a white matter disease. However,
recent histopathological studies have convincingly shown that grey matter regions are also …

Clinical trials in progressive multiple sclerosis: lessons learned and future perspectives

D Ontaneda, RJ Fox, J Chataway - The Lancet Neurology, 2015 - thelancet.com
Progressive multiple sclerosis is characterised clinically by the gradual accrual of disability
independent of relapses and can occur with disease onset (primary progressive) or can be …