% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence
% of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older.
% Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or
% “biber”.
@ARTICLE{Abdelhak:267914,
author = {Abdelhak, Ahmed and Antweiler, Kai and Kowarik, Markus C
and Senel, Makbule and Havla, Joachim and Zettl, Uwe K and
Kleiter, Ingo and Skripuletz, Thomas and Haarmann, Axel and
Stahmann, Alexander and Huss, Andre and Gingele, Stefan and
Krumbholz, Markus and Benkert, Pascal and Kuhle, Jens and
Friede, Tim and Ludolph, Albert C and Ziemann, Ulf and
Kümpfel, Tania and Tumani, Hayrettin},
title = {{S}erum glial fibrillary acidic protein and disability
progression in progressive multiple sclerosis.},
journal = {Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology},
volume = {11},
number = {2},
issn = {2328-9503},
address = {Chichester [u.a.]},
publisher = {Wiley},
reportid = {DZNE-2024-00182},
pages = {477 - 485},
year = {2024},
abstract = {Progression prediction is a significant unmet need in
people with progressive multiple sclerosis (pwPMS). Studies
on glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) have either been
limited to single center with relapsing MS or were based
solely on Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), which
limits its generalizability to state-of-the-art clinical
settings and trials applying combined outcome
parameters.Serum GFAP and NfL (neurofilament light chain)
were investigated in EmBioProMS participants with primary
(PP) or secondary progressive MS. Six months confirmed
disability progression (CDP) was defined using combined
outcome parameters (EDSS, timed-25-foot walk test (T25FW),
and nine-hole-peg-test (9HPT)).243 subjects (135 PPMS, 108
SPMS, age 55.5, IQR [49.7-61.2], 135 female, median
follow-up: 29.3 months [17.9-40.9]) were included. NfL
(age-) and GFAP (age- and sex-) adjusted Z scores were
higher in pwPMS compared to HC (p < 0.001 for both). 111
$(32.8\%)$ CDP events were diagnosed in participants with
≥3 visits (n = 169). GFAP Z score >3 was associated with
higher risk for CDP in participants with low NfL Z score
(i.e., ≤1.0) (HR: 2.38 [1.12-5.08], p = 0.025). In PPMS,
GFAP Z score >3 was associated with higher risk for CDP (HR:
2.88 [1.21-6.84], p = 0.016). Risk was further increased in
PPMS subjects with high GFAP when NfL is low (HR: 4.31
[1.53-12.13], p = 0.006).Blood GFAP may help identify pwPPMS
at risk of progression. Combination of high GFAP and low NfL
levels could distinguish non-active pwPMS with particularly
high progression risk.},
keywords = {Male / Humans / Female / Middle Aged / Multiple Sclerosis /
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Intermediate Filaments /
Biomarkers / Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Multiple
Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive: diagnosis / GFAP protein,
human (NLM Chemicals) / Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (NLM
Chemicals) / Biomarkers (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {Clinical Study Center Ulm},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000077},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:38111972},
pmc = {pmc:PMC10863922},
doi = {10.1002/acn3.51969},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/267914},
}