blood proteins

Blood inflammatory proteins may be key predictor in NMOSD: Study

The circulating levels in the blood of six inflammatory proteins may help predict the risk of relapse and severe attacks in people with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a study from China reports. Four of these inflammation-related proteins — FGF-23, DNER, GDNF, and SLAMF1 — were used to build…

Blood Proteins May Be Biomarkers for Diagnosis in Early NMOSD

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and the ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) enzyme appear to get shed into the bloodstream in the early stages of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a study found — suggesting that these blood proteins may one day be used to diagnose the autoimmune disease…