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Blood–brain barrier alterations in both focal and diffuse abnormalities on postmortem MRI in multiple sclerosis

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Vos, Catharina M.P., Geurts, Jeroen J.G., Montagne, Lisette, van Haastert, Elise S., Bö, Lars, van der Valk, Paul, Barkhof, Frederik, de Vries, Helga E.·2005·Neurobiology of Disease

Abstract

Postmortem MRI-guided tissue sampling significantly enhances the yield of MS lesions in autopsy material, but so far it is unknown whether abnormalities concur with blood-brain barrier alterations. Here we sampled MS lesions with focal and diffuse abnormalities (diffusely abnormal white matter; DAWM) on MRI; both were coupled to the presence of MS lesions upon neuropathological examination. Extravascular distribution of fibrinogen, indicating BBB disturbance, was observed in so-called (p)reactive lesions that reflect discrete areas of microglial activation without demyelination within an otherwise normal appearing white matter. Leakage became more extensive in active demyelinating MS lesions to chronic inactive lesions. An enlargement of the perivascular (Virchow-Robin) space containing infiltrated leukocytes was associated with both DAWM and focal abnormalities on postmortem MRI. This study shows for the first time that in MS brain changes in the vasculature take place not only in focal lesions but also in DAWM as detected by postmortem MRI.

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  • MRI changes suggestive of blood-brain barrier disruption were found in normally appearing white matter before enhancing lesions and in nonenhancing areas.

    “Furthermore, MRI changes suggestive of BBB disruption were also found in normally appearing white matter before enhancing lesions (176), and in nonenhancing areas (626)”

    From Blood-Brain Barrier: From Physiology to Disease and Back (2019) · cites this paper as [626]

  • Fibrinogen perivascular deposition occurs in developing multiple sclerosis lesions.

    “This is supported by evidence of fibrinogen perivascular deposition in the developing lesions (317, 626).”

    From Blood-Brain Barrier: From Physiology to Disease and Back (2019) · cites this paper as [626]

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Authors
Vos, C. M. P., Geurts, J. J. G., Montagne, L., van Haastert, E. S., Bö, L., van der Valk, P., Barkhof, F., & de Vries, H. E.
Affiliations
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
  • Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Venue
Neurobiology of Disease
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-12
Volume
20
Issue
3
Pages
953-960
ISSN
0969-9961 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2065524737
Cited by
188
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 10
FWCI
5.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neurobiology of Disease (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Stichting MS Research
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Keywords
multiple sclerosis, blood-brain barrier, postmortem MRI, reactive lesion, demyelinating lesions, perivascular spaces, leukocyte infiltration, microglial activation
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Autopsy, Blood-Brain Barrier, Brain, Cerebral Arteries, Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, Extracellular Space, Fibrinogen, Gliosis, Humans, Leukocytes, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Microcirculation, Middle Aged, Multiple Sclerosis, Nerve Fibers, Myelinated, Postmortem Changes, Microglia

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