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. 2026 Mar 30;15(7):610. doi: 10.3390/cells15070610
AHSCT Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
AOPP Advanced Oxidation Protein Products
ARR Annualized Relapse Rate
AUC Area Under the Curve
Ba Complement Factor Ba
Bb Complement Factor Bb
BCR Brain Central Ratio
BPF Brain Parenchymal Fraction
BMI Body Mass Index
CDP Confirmed Disability Progression
CDW Confirmed Disability Worsening
CEL Contrast-Enhancing Lesions
CGM Cortical Gray Matter
CHI3L1 Chitinase 3-Like 1
CIS Clinically Isolated Syndrome
CNS Central Nervous System
CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid
DTI Diffusion Tensor Imaging
DMT Disease-Modifying Therapy
DNase Deoxyribonuclease
ecDNA Extracellular DNA
EDSS Expanded Disability Status Scale
EDA Evidence of Disease Activity
ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
EV Extracellular Vesicle
FA Fractional Anisotropy
FLAIR Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery
FRAP Ferric-Reducing Ability of Plasma
FSH Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
Gal-9 Galectin-9
Gas6 Growth Arrest-Specific 6
GDF-15 Growth Differentiation Factor 15
GFAP Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
GzmB Granzyme B
HR Hazard Ratio
IAW Inflammatory-Associated Worsening
IgG Immunoglobulin G
IL Interleukin
IQR Interquartile Range
K-FLC Kappa Free Light Chains
LS-OCMB Lipid-Specific IgM Oligoclonal Band
MBP Myelin Basic Protein
MD Mean Diffusivity
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MS Multiple Sclerosis
MST1 Macrophage-Stimulating 1
mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
NAWM Normal-Appearing White Matter
NEDA No Evidence of Disease Activity
NfL Neurofilament Light Chain
NMOSD Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
NOx Nitric Oxide Metabolites
NOS Newcastle–Ottawa Scale
OCB Oligoclonal Band
OPN Osteopontin
PBMC Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
PBVC Percentage Brain Volume Change
PDDS Patient-Determined Disease Steps
PIRA Progression Independent of Relapse Activity
PPMS Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
PRDX6 Peroxiredoxin 6
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
RAW Relapse-Associated Worsening
RIS Radiologically Isolated Syndrome
RoB Risk of Bias
ROBINS-I Risk Of Bias In Non-Randomized Studies of Interventions
ROC Receiver Operating Characteristic
RRMS Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
SDMT Symbol Digit Modalities Test
SEL Slowly Expanding Lesions
SEM Standard Error of the Mean
SPMS Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
sNfL Serum Neurofilament Light Chain
sGFAP Serum Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
TBARS Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances
T25FW Timed 25-Foot Walk
T2 T2-Weighted MRI Sequence
TAC Total Antioxidant Capacity
TEM Effector Memory T Cells
TEMRA Terminally Differentiated Effector Memory T-Cells Re-expressing CD45RA
TVW Third Ventricle Width
WBV Whole-Brain Volume
YKL-40 Chitinase 3-Like Protein