Project description:RNA was isolated from fresh cerebrospinal fluid samples of multiple sclerosis and control patients and analyzed by hybridization of HG U133 plus 2.0 arrays in order to investigate disease mechanisms of multiple sclerosis and to identify transcriptional biomarker
Project description:Investigation of inter- and intraindividual variability of the cerebrospinal fluid proteome globally and with a specific focus on disease biomarkers described in literature of neurologically unimpaired healthy controls. For further studies we calculated for all proteins a reference change value (RCV).
Project description:Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibroinflammatory disorder signified by aberrant infiltration of IgG4-restricted plasma cells in a variety of organs. Clinical presentation is heterogeneous and pathophysiological mechanisms of IgG4-related autoimmunity remain elusive. Secondary parenchymal lesions of IgG4-RD in the central nervous system (CNS) are rare and there are very few cases of IgG4-RD with isolated CNS manifestation. Patients suffering from IgG4-RD frequently require prolonged treatment with glucocorticoids and are often unable to taper these medications. By leveraging single-cell sequencing of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a patient with an unusual inflammatory intracranial pseudotumor we provide novel insights into the immuno-pathophysiology of IgG4-RD by illustrating an IgG4-RD-associated polyclonal T cell response in the CSF and multifaceted cell-cell interaction between immune cell subsets and pathogenic B cells.
Project description:Cerebrospinal fluid samples of patients with Parkinson’s disease and healthy controls were used for this study. Part of the samples consisted of fractions that were separated by gel electrophoresis. After tryptic digestion, all samples were spiked with indexed retention time (iRT) peptides and were measured using a DDA mass spectrometry approach. This data is intended to be used to create a spectral library for DIA analysis.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE37664: Human cerebrospinal fluid autoantibody lipid microarray profiling (Fig. 1A) GSE37670: Human cerebrospinal fluid autoantibody lipid microarray profiling (Fig. 2A) GSE37826: Human cerebrospinal fluid autoantibody lipid microarray profiling (Fig. 2C) Refer to individual Series
Project description:Lipids comprise 70% of the myelin sheath, and autoantibodies against lipids may contribute to the demyelination that characterizes multiple sclerosis (MS). We used lipid antigen microarrays and lipid mass spectrometry to identify bona fide lipid targets of the autoimmune response in MS brain and an animal model of MS to explore the role of the identified lipids in autoimmune demyelination. We found that autoantibodies in MS target a phosphate group in phosphatidylserine and oxidized phosphatidylcholine derivatives. Administration of these lipids ameliorated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by suppressing activation and inducing apoptosis of autoreactive T cells, effects mediated by the lipids' saturated fatty-acid side chains. Thus, phospholipids represent a natural anti-inflammatory class of compounds that have potential as novel therapeutics for MS. Fig. 1A. Lipid-array profiling of IgG+IgM antibody reactivity in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from MS patients (relapsing remitting MS; secondary progressive MS; primary progressive MS), healthy controls, and other neurological disease controls. Lipid hits with the lowest FDR (q=0.048) were clustered according to their reactivity profiles. 48 different lipids were custom-spotted in duplicate using the CAMAG Automatic TLC Sampler (ATS4) robot to spray 200 nl of 10 to 100 pmol of lipids onto PVDF membranes affixed to the surface of microscope slides. The slides were probed with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 59 human patient samples. 60 slides total: 18 relapsing-remitting MS, 14 secondary-progressive MS, 1 primary-progressive MS, 21 other neurological disease, 5 healthy control, 1 secondary Ab alone (not included in this submission). CSF diluted 1/10. HRP-conjugated secondary Ab (goat anti-human IgM/IgG) diluted 1/8000. ECL for 3 minutes.
Project description:Cerebrospinal fluid transcriptional profiles in children with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) or other infections were compared using RNA-Seq and a biomarker signature driven by NMDA-receptor activation was identified