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A Predictive Autoantibody Signature in Multiple Sclerosis.

Colin R Zamecnik¹, Gavin M Sowa², Ahmed Abdelhak¹

¹UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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Summary

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Researchers identified a unique autoantibody signature in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) years before symptom onset. This signature may serve as an early diagnostic biomarker for MS and related neuroinflammatory syndromes.

Keywords:

Multiple sclerosis PhIP-Seq antigen neurofilament light chain phage display serology

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Neuroimmunology
Autoimmunity
Biomarker Discovery

Background:

B cells play a role in multiple sclerosis (MS) pathophysiology, but a predictive or diagnostic autoantibody has not been identified.
The Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR) provides a large cohort for pre-symptomatic analysis.

Conclusions:

An autoantibody signature can identify a subset of PwMS years before clinical diagnosis, suggesting an immunologically active prodromal phase.
This signature may be a valuable antigen-specific biomarker for early detection and risk stratification in patients with neuroinflammatory syndromes.