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. 2021 Sep 25;22(19):10323. doi: 10.3390/ijms221910323

Table 2.

Radiological biomarkers and biomarkers identified in CSF and serum samples and their standard clinical use in MS.

Predictive Biomarkers Diagnostic
Biomarkers
Prognostic
Biomarker
Biomarkers of Dysfunction and Pathology
Epstein–Barr Virus (EBV) [26,27,28] Radiological
Biomarkers [29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54]
Chitinase-3-Like-1 (CHI3L1)
[55,56,57]
Immunological Dysfunction
Cytokines [58,59,60,61,62,63,64]
Human Herpesvirus Type-6 (HHV-6) [65,66,67,68,69,70] Oligoclonal Bands (IgG) and (IgM)
[71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94]
Neurofilaments (NF) [95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105] Demyelination
Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) [106,107,108,109,110,111]
Anti-MOG and
Anti-MBP Antibodies
[112,113,114,115]
Immunoglobulin G
Index (IgG Index) [116,117]
miRNAs [118,119,120,121] Axonal Damage
Neurofilaments (NF) [122,123,124,125,126,127]
Microtubule-Associated Protein Tau [128,129,130,131,132,133]
N-acetylaspartate (NAA) [134,135,136,137]
Amyloid-precursor protein (APP) [138,139,140,141,142]
Ionic Imbalance [143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153]
Kappa Free (KFLC) and Lambda Free Light Chains (LFLC) [154,155,156,157,158] Glial activation/dysfunction
Nitric Oxide (NO) [159,160,161,162]
Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) [163,164]
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) [165,166,167,168,169,170]
S100 Calcium-Binding Protein B (S-100B) [168]
Anti-Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) Antibodies
[171,172,173]