%0 Journal Article %A Brauchle, Felix %A Rapp, Daniel %A Senel, Makbule %A Huss, André %A Dreyhaupt, Jens %A Klose, Veronika %A Süße, Marie %A Stürner, Klarissa Hanja %A Leypoldt, Frank %A Tumani, Hayrettin %A Lewerenz, Jan %T Clinical associations and characteristics of the polyspecific intrathecal immune response in elderly patients with non-multiple sclerosis chronic autoimmune-inflammatory neurological diseases - a retrospective cross-sectional study. %J Frontiers in neurology %V 14 %@ 1664-2295 %C Lausanne %I Frontiers Research Foundation %M DZNE-2023-00706 %P 1193015 %D 2023 %X The polyspecific intrathecal immune response (PSIIR), aka MRZ reaction (M = measles, R = rubella, Z = zoster, optionally Herpes simplex virus, HSV) is defined as intrathecal immunoglobulin synthesis (IIS) for two or more unrelated viruses. Although an established cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker for multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic autoimmune-inflammatory neurological disease (CAIND) of the central nervous system (CNS) usually starting in young adulthood, the full spectrum of CAINDs with a positive PSIIR remains ill defined.In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, patients with CSF-positive oligoclonal bands (OCB) and - to enrich for non-MS diagnoses - aged ≥50 years were enrolled.Of 415 with PSIIR testing results (MRZ, HSV optional), 76 were PSIIR-positive. Of these, 25 (33 %K MRZ reaction (Other) %K autoimmue disease (Other) %K multiple sclerosis (Other) %K neuroinflammation (Other) %K polyspecific intrathecal immune response (Other) %F PUB:(DE-HGF)16 %9 Journal Article %$ pmid:37396770 %2 pmc:PMC10311206 %R 10.3389/fneur.2023.1193015 %U https://pub.dzne.de/record/258940