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  • Neurology
  • Biochemistry
  • Biomarker Discovery

Background:

  • Technological advancements enable detailed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis.
  • CSF serves as a crucial window into central nervous system (CNS) health and disease.
  • CSF analysis indirectly reflects CNS status, informing understanding of injury and repair mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the current understanding of CSF changes in multiple sclerosis (MS).
  • To identify established and emerging CSF biomarkers for MS.
  • To highlight challenges in defining comprehensive CSF markers for MS.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of current research on CSF analysis in multiple sclerosis.
  • Evaluation of established and novel CSF biomarkers.
  • Synthesis of knowledge regarding inflammatory, demyelinating, and neurodegenerative processes in MS.

Main Results:

  • Oligoclonal immunoglobulin bands in CSF are the most established laboratory marker for diagnosing MS.
  • Markers for demyelination, remyelination, neuro-axonal loss, neural repair, and astrogliosis are emerging but not yet well-defined.
  • Currently, no single surrogate marker effectively represents all these pathophysiological processes in MS.

Conclusions:

  • Defining CSF markers for all biological processes in MS remains a significant challenge.
  • Future research aims to develop CSF markers for various MS-related functions and extend this to accessible fluids like blood and urine.
  • This review provides a synopsis of current literature on CSF evaluation in multiple sclerosis.