2024
Imaging chronic active lesions in multiple sclerosis: a consensus statement
Bagnato F, Sati P, Hemond C, Elliott C, Gauthier S, Harrison D, Mainero C, Oh J, Pitt D, Shinohara R, Smith S, Trapp B, Azevedo C, Calabresi P, Henry R, Laule C, Ontaneda D, Rooney W, Sicotte N, Reich D, Absinta M. Imaging chronic active lesions in multiple sclerosis: a consensus statement. Brain 2024, 147: 2913-2933. PMID: 38226694, PMCID: PMC11370808, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic active lesionsMagnetic resonance imagingConsensus statementMultiple sclerosisActive lesionsManifestations of chronic inflammationParamagnetic rim lesionsMRI-definedNorth American ImagingRadiological definitionChronic inflammationRim lesionsClinical translationLesionsResonance imagingMRI sequencesIn vivoT1-wBrains of personsBiomarkers
2022
Toward Precision Phenotyping of Multiple Sclerosis
Pitt D, Lo CH, Gauthier SA, Hickman RA, Longbrake E, Airas LM, Mao-Draayer Y, Riley C, De Jager PL, Wesley S, Boster A, Topalli I, Bagnato F, Mansoor M, Stuve O, Kister I, Pelletier D, Stathopoulos P, Dutta R, Lincoln MR. Toward Precision Phenotyping of Multiple Sclerosis. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation 2022, 9: e200025. PMID: 36041861, PMCID: PMC9427000, DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000200025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisSecondary progressive multiple sclerosisPathological processesProgressive multiple sclerosisKey pathological processClinical trial designDevelopment of biomarkersPerilesional inflammationNeuroaxonal degenerationMS phenotypeTrial designClinical importancePersonalized careM phenotypeSclerosisPhenotypeRemyelinationInflammationSyndromePrognosticationDegenerationProgressionBiomarkersCare
2019
Quantifying the Metabolic Signature of Multiple Sclerosis by in vivo Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Current Challenges and Future Outlook in the Translation From Proton Signal to Diagnostic Biomarker
Swanberg KM, Landheer K, Pitt D, Juchem C. Quantifying the Metabolic Signature of Multiple Sclerosis by in vivo Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Current Challenges and Future Outlook in the Translation From Proton Signal to Diagnostic Biomarker. Frontiers In Neurology 2019, 10: 1173. PMID: 31803127, PMCID: PMC6876616, DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiple sclerosisProton magnetic resonance spectroscopyDiagnostic biomarkersH-MRSStudy designVivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopyCentral nervous system tissueNormal-appearing white matterNumerous metabolic alterationsPotential diagnostic biomarkersNervous system tissueMetabolic abnormalitiesH-MRS dataSpinal cordLesion compositionSclerosisMetabolic alterationsWhite matterGray matterMagnetic resonance spectroscopyMetabolic signaturesBiomarkersExperimental cohortLines of evidenceTechnical considerations
2015
Biomarkers in multiple sclerosis
Housley WJ, Pitt D, Hafler DA. Biomarkers in multiple sclerosis. Clinical Immunology 2015, 161: 51-58. PMID: 26143623, DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2015.06.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisB cell chemoattractant CXCL13Myelin-reactive T cellsMacrophage marker CD163Reactive T cellsMarkers of neurodegenerationKIR4.1 antibodiesMS seraClinical outcomesOligoclonal bandsYKL-40Disease progressionT cellsMS susceptibilityCerebrospinal fluidPotential biomarkersViral titersClinical useBiomarkersBiomarker researchSclerosisProgressionDisease diagnosisCD163CXCL13