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  1. Article ; Online: Multiple sclerosis in 2021: progress against progression.

    Beck, Erin S / Reich, Daniel S

    The Lancet. Neurology

    2021  Volume 21, Issue 1, Page(s) 12–13

    MeSH term(s) Disease Progression ; Humans ; Multiple Sclerosis/therapy ; Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-23
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2081241-3
    ISSN 1474-4465 ; 1474-4422
    ISSN (online) 1474-4465
    ISSN 1474-4422
    DOI 10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00417-8
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  2. Article ; Online: Checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of JC virus-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

    Beck, Erin S / Cortese, Irene

    Current opinion in virology

    2020  Volume 40, Page(s) 19–27

    Abstract: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a frequently fatal brain infection caused by the JC polyomavirus (JCV). PML occurs in people with impaired cellular immunity, and the only effective treatment is restoration of immune function. ... ...

    Abstract Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a frequently fatal brain infection caused by the JC polyomavirus (JCV). PML occurs in people with impaired cellular immunity, and the only effective treatment is restoration of immune function. Infection in immunocompromised hosts is often associated with immune exhaustion, which is mediated by inhibitory cell surface receptors known as immune checkpoints, leading to loss of T cell effector function. Blockade of immune checkpoints can reinvigorate host responses to fight infection. Recently, there have been several reports of checkpoint blockade to treat PML in patients in whom immune reconstitution is otherwise not possible, with some evidence for positive response. Larger studies are needed to better understand efficacy of checkpoint blockade in PML and factors that determine response.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antiviral Agents/administration & dosage ; Humans ; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/administration & dosage ; Immune Checkpoint Proteins/genetics ; Immune Checkpoint Proteins/immunology ; JC Virus/drug effects ; JC Virus/genetics ; JC Virus/immunology ; Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/drug therapy ; Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/genetics ; Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/immunology ; Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/virology ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology
    Chemical Substances Antiviral Agents ; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors ; Immune Checkpoint Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-09
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2611378-8
    ISSN 1879-6265 ; 1879-6257
    ISSN (online) 1879-6265
    ISSN 1879-6257
    DOI 10.1016/j.coviro.2020.02.005
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  3. Article ; Online: Unconstrained quantitative magnetization transfer imaging: disentangling

    Assländer, Jakob / Mao, Andrew / Marchetto, Elisa / Beck, Erin S / La Rosa, Francesco / Charlson, Robert W / Shepherd, Timothy M / Flassbeck, Sebastian

    ArXiv

    2024  

    Abstract: Since the inception of magnetization transfer (MT) imaging, it has been widely assumed that Henkelman's two spin pools have similar longitudinal relaxation times, which motivated many researchers to constrain them to each other. However, several recent ... ...

    Abstract Since the inception of magnetization transfer (MT) imaging, it has been widely assumed that Henkelman's two spin pools have similar longitudinal relaxation times, which motivated many researchers to constrain them to each other. However, several recent publications reported a
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    ISSN 2331-8422
    ISSN (online) 2331-8422
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  4. Article ; Online: Brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis: How deep must we go?

    Beck, Erin S / Reich, Daniel S

    Annals of neurology

    2018  Volume 83, Issue 2, Page(s) 208–209

    MeSH term(s) Atrophy/pathology ; Brain/pathology ; Humans ; Multiple Sclerosis/pathology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-02-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80362-5
    ISSN 1531-8249 ; 0364-5134
    ISSN (online) 1531-8249
    ISSN 0364-5134
    DOI 10.1002/ana.25148
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  5. Article ; Online: New Prospects for Ultra-High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis.

    Ineichen, Benjamin V / Beck, Erin S / Piccirelli, Marco / Reich, Daniel S

    Investigative radiology

    2021  Volume 56, Issue 11, Page(s) 773–784

    Abstract: Abstract: There is growing interest in imaging multiple sclerosis (MS) through the ultra-high-field (UHF) lens, which currently means a static magnetic field strength of 7 T or higher. Because of higher signal-to-noise ratio and enhanced susceptibility ... ...

    Abstract Abstract: There is growing interest in imaging multiple sclerosis (MS) through the ultra-high-field (UHF) lens, which currently means a static magnetic field strength of 7 T or higher. Because of higher signal-to-noise ratio and enhanced susceptibility effects, UHF magnetic resonance imaging improves conspicuity of MS pathological hallmarks, among them cortical demyelination and the central vein sign. This could, in turn, improve confidence in MS diagnosis and might also facilitate therapeutic monitoring of MS patients. Furthermore, UHF imaging offers unique insight into iron-related pathology, leptomeningeal inflammation, and spinal cord pathologies in neuroinflammation. Yet, limitations such as the longer scanning times to achieve improved resolution and incipient safety data on implanted medical devices need to be considered. In this review, we discuss applications of UHF imaging in MS, its advantages and limitations, and practical aspects of UHF in the clinical setting.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Multiple Sclerosis/diagnostic imaging ; Signal-To-Noise Ratio
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 80345-5
    ISSN 1536-0210 ; 0020-9996
    ISSN (online) 1536-0210
    ISSN 0020-9996
    DOI 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000804
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  6. Article ; Online: From pathology to MRI and back: Clinically relevant biomarkers of multiple sclerosis lesions.

    Kolb, Hadar / Al-Louzi, Omar / Beck, Erin S / Sati, Pascal / Absinta, Martina / Reich, Daniel S

    NeuroImage. Clinical

    2022  Volume 36, Page(s) 103194

    Abstract: Focal lesions in both white and gray matter are characteristic of multiple sclerosis (MS). Histopathological studies have helped define the main underlying pathological processes involved in lesion formation and evolution, serving as a gold standard for ... ...

    Abstract Focal lesions in both white and gray matter are characteristic of multiple sclerosis (MS). Histopathological studies have helped define the main underlying pathological processes involved in lesion formation and evolution, serving as a gold standard for many years. However, histopathology suffers from an intrinsic bias resulting from over-reliance on tissue samples from late stages of the disease or atypical cases and is inadequate for routine patient assessment. Pathological-radiological correlative studies have established advanced MRI's sensitivity to several relevant MS-pathological substrates and its practicality for assessing dynamic changes and following lesions over time. This review focuses on novel imaging techniques that serve as biomarkers of critical pathological substrates of MS lesions: the central vein, chronic inflammation, remyelination and repair, and cortical lesions. For each pathological process, we address the correlative value of MRI to MS pathology, its contribution in elucidating MS pathology in vivo, and the clinical utility of the imaging biomarker.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-14
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2701571-3
    ISSN 2213-1582 ; 2213-1582
    ISSN (online) 2213-1582
    ISSN 2213-1582
    DOI 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103194
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  7. Article ; Online: Pattern of thalamic nuclei atrophy in early relapse-onset multiple sclerosis.

    Levy, Sarah / Sandry, Joshua / Beck, Erin S / Brandstadter, Rachel / Katz Sand, Ilana / Sumowski, James F

    Multiple sclerosis and related disorders

    2022  Volume 67, Page(s) 104083

    Abstract: Background: Thalamic atrophy is prominent in multiple sclerosis; however, it is unclear which thalamic nuclei are most vulnerable, especially early in disease.: Introduction: To investigate which thalamic nuclei differ between patients in early ... ...

    Abstract Background: Thalamic atrophy is prominent in multiple sclerosis; however, it is unclear which thalamic nuclei are most vulnerable, especially early in disease.
    Introduction: To investigate which thalamic nuclei differ between patients in early stages of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) versus healthy controls and examine the relationship between thalamic nuclei volume and T2 lesion volume.
    Methods: We derived 15 thalamic subfields from high-resolution 3T magnetic resonance images in 182 patients with early RRMS (diagnosed ≤5.0 years, median 2.0 years). Independent t-tests assessed differences between patients and 35 controls across thalamic subfield volumes. Pearson correlations assessed the relationships between thalamic volumes and T2 lesion volumes.
    Results: Patients had lower anterior and posterior nuclei volume than controls, whereas medial and ventral nuclei volumes were preserved. Higher T2 lesion volumes were disproportionately related to lower posterior subfield volumes.
    Conclusions: We found specific thalamic subfields were more vulnerable to early disease-related changes. We discuss potential mechanisms of differential thalamic subfield atrophy in early MS, including cortical demyelination, CSF toxicity, leptomeningeal inflammation, and iron deposition.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Multiple Sclerosis/diagnostic imaging ; Multiple Sclerosis/pathology ; Atrophy/pathology ; Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting/diagnostic imaging ; Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting/pathology ; Thalamic Nuclei/pathology ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Chronic Disease ; Recurrence
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-29
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2645330-7
    ISSN 2211-0356 ; 2211-0348
    ISSN (online) 2211-0356
    ISSN 2211-0348
    DOI 10.1016/j.msard.2022.104083
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  8. Article: The etiology and evolution of magnetic resonance imaging-visible perivascular spaces: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Okar, Serhat V / Hu, Fengling / Shinohara, Russell T / Beck, Erin S / Reich, Daniel S / Ineichen, Benjamin V

    Frontiers in neuroscience

    2023  Volume 17, Page(s) 1038011

    Abstract: Objectives: Perivascular spaces have been involved in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. Upon a certain size, these spaces can become visible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), referred to as enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) or MRI- ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: Perivascular spaces have been involved in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. Upon a certain size, these spaces can become visible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), referred to as enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) or MRI-visible perivascular spaces (MVPVS). However, the lack of systematic evidence on etiology and temporal dynamics of MVPVS hampers their diagnostic utility as MRI biomarker. Thus, the goal of this systematic review was to summarize potential etiologies and evolution of MVPVS.
    Methods: In a comprehensive literature search, out of 1,488 unique publications, 140 records assessing etiopathogenesis and dynamics of MVPVS were eligible for a qualitative summary. 6 records were included in a meta-analysis to assess the association between MVPVS and brain atrophy.
    Results: Four overarching and partly overlapping etiologies of MVPVS have been proposed: (1) Impairment of interstitial fluid circulation, (2) Spiral elongation of arteries, (3) Brain atrophy and/or perivascular myelin loss, and (4) Immune cell accumulation in the perivascular space. The meta-analysis in patients with neuroinflammatory diseases did not support an association between MVPVS and brain volume measures [R: -0.15 (95%-CI -0.40-0.11)]. Based on few and mostly small studies in tumefactive MVPVS and in vascular and neuroinflammatory diseases, temporal evolution of MVPVS is slow.
    Conclusion: Collectively, this study provides high-grade evidence for MVPVS etiopathogenesis and temporal dynamics. Although several potential etiologies for MVPVS emergence have been proposed, they are only partially supported by data. Advanced MRI methods should be employed to further dissect etiopathogenesis and evolution of MVPVS. This can benefit their implementation as an imaging biomarker.
    Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=346564, identifier CRD42022346564.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Systematic Review
    ZDB-ID 2411902-7
    ISSN 1662-453X ; 1662-4548
    ISSN (online) 1662-453X
    ISSN 1662-4548
    DOI 10.3389/fnins.2023.1038011
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  9. Article ; Online: Pseudo-Label Assisted nnU-Net enables automatic segmentation of 7T MRI from a single acquisition.

    Donnay, Corinne / Dieckhaus, Henry / Tsagkas, Charidimos / Gaitán, María Inés / Beck, Erin S / Mullins, Andrew / Reich, Daniel S / Nair, Govind

    Frontiers in neuroimaging

    2023  Volume 2, Page(s) 1252261

    Abstract: Introduction: Automatic whole brain and lesion segmentation at 7T presents challenges, primarily from bias fields, susceptibility artifacts including distortions, and registration errors. Here, we sought to use deep learning algorithms (D/L) to do both ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Automatic whole brain and lesion segmentation at 7T presents challenges, primarily from bias fields, susceptibility artifacts including distortions, and registration errors. Here, we sought to use deep learning algorithms (D/L) to do both skull stripping and whole brain segmentation on multiple imaging contrasts generated in a single Magnetization Prepared 2 Rapid Acquisition Gradient Echoes (MP2RAGE) acquisition on participants clinically diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), bypassing registration errors.
    Methods: Brain scans Segmentation from 3T and 7T scanners were analyzed with software packages such as FreeSurfer, Classification using Derivative-based Features (C-DEF), nnU-net, and a novel 3T-to-7T transfer learning method, Pseudo-Label Assisted nnU-Net (PLAn). 3T and 7T MRIs acquired within 9 months from 25 study participants with MS (Cohort 1) were used for training and optimizing. Eight MS patients (Cohort 2) scanned only at 7T, but with expert annotated lesion segmentation, was used to further validate the algorithm on a completely unseen dataset. Segmentation results were rated visually by experts in a blinded fashion and quantitatively using Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC).
    Results: Of the methods explored here, nnU-Net and PLAn produced the best tissue segmentation at 7T for all tissue classes. In both quantitative and qualitative analysis, PLAn significantly outperformed nnU-Net (and other methods) in lesion detection in both cohorts. PLAn's lesion DSC improved by 16% compared to nnU-Net.
    Discussion: Limited availability of labeled data makes transfer learning an attractive option, and pre-training a nnUNet model using readily obtained 3T pseudo-labels was shown to boost lesion detection capabilities at 7T.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-01
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 3123824-5
    ISSN 2813-1193 ; 2813-1193
    ISSN (online) 2813-1193
    ISSN 2813-1193
    DOI 10.3389/fnimg.2023.1252261
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  10. Article ; Online: Pediatric Inflammatory and Autoimmune Neurologic Disorders at a Tertiary Medical Center.

    Curcio, Angela M / Bain, Jennifer M / Beck, Erin S / Vargas, Wendy S

    Journal of child neurology

    2020  Volume 35, Issue 14, Page(s) 949–952

    Abstract: Objectives: To describe the spectrum of pediatric inflammatory neurologic diseases and compare the sensitivity of ancillary testing for these diagnoses.: Methods: We analyzed clinical features and outcomes of 98 children with an immune-mediated ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: To describe the spectrum of pediatric inflammatory neurologic diseases and compare the sensitivity of ancillary testing for these diagnoses.
    Methods: We analyzed clinical features and outcomes of 98 children with an immune-mediated central nervous system disorder. We compared sensitivities of each diagnostic modality.
    Results: We identified the following diagnoses: acute cerebellar ataxia (n = 14; 14.3%), acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (n = 13; 13.3%), multiple sclerosis (MS) (n = 18; 18.4%), anti-
    Conclusions: We found that MRI is useful for detecting multiple sclerosis and acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis, cerebrospinal fluid is helpful in diagnosing multiple sclerosis and anti-NMDAR encephalitis, and EEG is often abnormal in suspected anti-NMDAR encephalitis, acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis, and encephalitis not otherwise specified. Neurologic outcome at follow-up was unfavorable in patients with multiple sclerosis and anti-NMDAR encephalitis.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System/diagnosis ; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System/diagnostic imaging ; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System/physiopathology ; Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Brain/physiopathology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Electroencephalography ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Tertiary Care Centers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-17
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 639288-x
    ISSN 1708-8283 ; 0883-0738
    ISSN (online) 1708-8283
    ISSN 0883-0738
    DOI 10.1177/0883073820941751
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