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Classifying the antibody-negative NMO syndromes

Clinical, imaging, and metabolomic modeling

Tianrong Yeo, Fay Probert, Maciej Jurynczyk, Megan Sealey, Ana Cavey, Timothy D.W. Claridge, Mark Woodhall, Patrick Waters, Maria Isabel Leite, Daniel C. Anthony, Jacqueline Palace
First published October 28, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000626
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vol. 6 no. 6 e626
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000626
PubMed: 
31659123
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received June 28, 2019
  • Accepted in final form August 13, 2019
  • First Published October 28, 2019.
Copyright & Usage: 
Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Disclosures

    1. Tianrong Yeo, MRCP*,
    2. Fay Probert, PhD*,
    3. Maciej Jurynczyk, MD, PhD,
    4. Megan Sealey, PhD,
    5. Ana Cavey, CNS,
    6. Timothy D.W. Claridge, DPhil,
    7. Mark Woodhall, PhD,
    8. Patrick Waters, PhD,
    9. Maria Isabel Leite, MD, DPhil,
    10. Daniel C. Anthony, PhD† and
    11. Jacqueline Palace, FRCP, DM‡
  1. Tianrong Yeo, MRCP*,
    2. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. ECTRIMS, Educational award to attend the 7th ECTRIMS Summer School 2019 ACTRIMS, Educational award to attend the ACTRIMS Forum 2019 Orebro University, Travel award to attend the 1st Nordic Metabolomics Conference 2018

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. Tianrong Yeo is supported by the Ministry of Health, Singapore through the National Medical Research Council Research Training Fellowship (NMRC/Fellowship/0038/2016).

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  2. Fay Probert, PhD*,
    3. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. 1) MS Society

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  3. Maciej Jurynczyk, MD, PhD,
    4. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. I receive research fellowship from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education programme Mobliność Plus (1070/MOB/2013/0).

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  4. Megan Sealey, PhD,
    5. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  5. Ana Cavey, CNS,
    6. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. Commercial. Coloplast. Neurogenic Nurse Advisory Board (UK). March 2014.

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  6. Timothy D.W. Claridge, DPhil,
    7. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, Advisory Board, 2017-present

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. High-Resolution NMR Techniques in Organic Chemistry (3rd Edn), Elsevier Science, 2016Introduction to Organic Spectroscopy, Oxford University Press, 1997

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. Infineum

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. University of Oxford John Fell Research Fund

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  7. Mark Woodhall, PhD,
    8. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  8. Patrick Waters, PhD,
    9. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. Honoraria from Biogen Idec, Retrogenix, Euroimmun AG, UBC, Alexion and Mereo Biopharma.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. Assays for the detection of antibodies to lgi1, Caspr2, Tag-1 and GABAAR (g2 subunit).

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. Euroimmun AG

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. Patents for CASPR2, LGI1, TAG-1 and GABAAR (g2 subunit).

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  9. Maria Isabel Leite, MD, DPhil,
    10. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. Dr. Maria Isabel Leite is supported by NHS National Specialised Commissioning Group for Neuromyelitis Optica, UK, and by NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, and has received travel grant and speaking honoraria from Biogen Idec and travel grant from Novartis.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Neuromuscular Disorders, editorial board member, from January 2014

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  10. Daniel C. Anthony, PhD† and
    11. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. (1) Neuroplast

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. (1) Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Editorial board member, 2014- (no compensation)

    Patents:

    1. (1) ISIS innovation Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Oxford, has filed a patent application (WO2013/117930 A2) to protect for the use of metabolomics as a method to diagnose and stage disease in multiple sclerosis.

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. (1) Hoffmann-La Roche (2) Numares (3) Merck

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. (1) MS Society; G59. PI, 2016-2019. High sensitivity staging and monitoring for multiple sclerosis utilising metabolomic analysis of blood.

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. (1) Lille2 University (2) University of Southern Denmark

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  11. Jacqueline Palace, FRCP, DM‡
    12. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. All commercial (advisory boards last 2 years) 1) Merck Serono 2) Roche 4) ARGENX 5) Chugai 6) Novartis Non-commercial 1) WIRMS)

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. All commercial (speakers/meetings honorarium last two years) 1) Merck Serono 2) Alexion 3) Novartis 4) ABIDE 5) MedImmune All commercial (conference support last two years) 5) Chugai 6) MedImmune 7) Alexion

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. ISIS Innovation Ltd. To protect for the use of metabolomics as a method to diagnose and stage disease in multiple sclerosis. Reference EP2812690B1

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. All commercial (advisory boards last two years) 1) Merck Serono 2) Roche 3) MedDay 4) Argenx 5) Chugai 6) Novartis Commercial (consultancy) 7) Merck Serono

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. Please see 3 (speaker/meetings)

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. All commercial (support for research) 1) Merck Serono

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. Grant for research: 1) Multiple Sclerosis Society 2) Guthry Jackson 3) Eugene Devic European Network 4) NIHR 5) ABIDE 6) Medical Research Council 7) MyWare Clinical Training Fellowship

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  1. From the Department of Pharmacology (T.Y, F.P., M.S., D.C.A.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Neurology (T.Y.), National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (M.J., A.C., M.W., P.W., M.I.L., J.P.), John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK; Department of Chemistry, (T.D.W.C.), Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK.
  1. Correspondence
    Prof. Palace jacqueline.palace{at}ndcn.ox.ac.uk or Prof. Anthony daniel.anthony{at}pharm.ox.ac.uk
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