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ArticleAnnals of neurology2025

Increased Disability Progression in rs10191329

Maria Protopapa, Falk Steffen, Muriel Schraad, Tobias Ruck, Menekse Öztürk, Nicholas Hanuscheck, Josef Shin, Tobias Brummer, Katrin Pape, Timo Uphaus and 7 more

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Article in Annals of neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

Maria ProtopapaDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Falk SteffenDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Muriel SchraadDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Tobias RuckDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Menekse ÖztürkDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Nicholas HanuscheckDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Josef ShinDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Tobias BrummerDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7887-7211
Katrin PapeDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Timo UphausDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5526-0510
Sven G MeuthDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Vinzenz FleischerDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Charlotte E TeunissenNeurochemistry Laboratory and Biobank, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Philip L De JagerCenter for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.ORCID 0000-0002-8057-2505
Felix LuessiDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4334-4199
Stefan BittnerDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2179-3655
Frauke ZippDepartment of Neurology, Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1231-1928

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB/CRC TR 128 (Project Number: 213904703)Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung 2022_EKCS.10Hermann und Lilly Schilling-Stiftung für Medizinische Forschung
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe examined the impact of the rs10191329 genetic risk variant on neuroaxonal damage as measured by serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) levels, and disability progression in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS).

methodsIn a cohort of pwMS (n = 740), 658 participants were prospectively monitored every 2 years for less than a decade while 82 of 740 pwMS were monitored retrospectively for up to 40 years. We investigated associations between rs10191329 variants and clinical outcome, including Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), disability accrual (defined by EDSS-increase of at least 1.5 for patients starting at EDSS 0, at least 1.0 EDSS-points for patients with an initial EDSS between 1 and 4.5 and at least 0.5 points for patients starting with an EDSS equal or greater than 5) and progression to secondary progressive MS (SPMS). Clinical outcomes were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards analyses. Disability accumulation over time was depicted using a generalized mixed-effect model. Single-molecule array was used to assess sNfL levels.

resultsHomozygous, heterozygous, and non-carriers of the rs10191329 risk variant displayed comparable sNfL levels indicating similar neuroaxonal damage at the time of diagnosis. Importantly, in homozygous carriers we found highest sNfL levels in follow-up visits preceding elevated disease progression later in the disease course, a steeper increase in overall disability measures and higher probability of SPMS development.

interpretationThese findings highlight how genetic variants may serve as new biomarkers for disease progression and can be used for personalized medicine and risk assessment in MS. ANN NEUROL 2025;97:596-605.

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Disease ProgressionMultiple SclerosisMultiple Sclerosis, Chronic ProgressiveNeurofilament ProteinsAdultCohort StudiesDisability EvaluationFemaleHeterozygoteHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single NucleotideProspective StudiesRetrospective Studiesneurofilament protein LNeurofilament Proteins

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