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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2023

Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in psychiatric autoimmune encephalitis: a retrospective cohort study.

Niels Hansen, Aaron Levin Juhl, Insa Maria Grenzer, Bianca Teegen, Jens Wiltfang, Dirk Fitzner

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Niels HansenDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Aaron Levin JuhlDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Insa Maria GrenzerDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Bianca TeegenClinical Immunological Laboratory Prof. Stöcker, Groß Grönau, Germany.
Jens WiltfangDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Dirk FitznerDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen · DEGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Psychiatric autoimmune encephalitis (pAE) is a growing field of interest in diagnosis and therapy in psychiatric hospitals and institutions. This study investigates the relevant extent to which there are potential biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that can differentiate against a cohort with neurodegenerative disease. Methods: We included in this study a total of 27 patients with possible and definite psychiatric autoimmune encephalitis and compared with a cohort with CSF-based AD ( Results: The p-tau 181 was elevated above cut-off values in both possible pAE and AD. However, in definitive pAE, p-tau181 levels were not elevated. When elevated p-tau181 levels in possible AE were compared with those in AD, we found relevant differences, such as a relative increase in p-tau181 in AD patients. Elevated p-tau181 levels were detected in possible psychiatric AEs with IgLON5, glycine, recoverin, titin, and nonspecific neuropil antibodies in serum and IgLON5, titin, Yo, and nonspecific neuropil autoantibodies in CSF. In addition, we detected elevated levels of p-tau181 and IgLON5 autoantibodies in serum and CSF, and Yo autoantibodies in CSF in patients with definitive pAE. Interestingly, we observed a higher CSF/serum IgM ratio in possible and definitive pAE than in AD patients. Conclusion: Our results suggest that neuroaxonal brain damage may occur in specific psychiatric AEs associated with IgLON5, glycine, recoverin, and titin autoantibodies. Further research should focus on the CSF/serum IgM ratio as an early marker of autoantibody production in pAE compared to AD as a potential biomarker for differential diagnosis.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseautoimmune encephalitisbiomarkercerebrospinal fluidneurodegeneration markers

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