title: Decreased level of kynurenic acid in cerebrospinal fluid of relapsing-onset multiple sclerosis patients.
abstract: The present study was undertaken to measure cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of kynurenic acid (KYNA) in patients with relapsing-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) during remission or not progressing for at least 2 months. In these patients the levels of CSF KYNA were found to be significantly lower compared with subjects with non-inflammatory neurological diseases, as well as those with inflammatory disease (median (interquartile range): 0.41 (0.3-0.5) pmol/ml, n=26 vs. 0.67 (0.5-1.1), n=23, P<0.01 and 1.7 (1.5-2.6), n=16, P<0.001, respectively). These results provide further evidence of the alterations in the kynurenine pathway during remitting-onset MS.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007736:Kynurenic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008297:Male; D020528:Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D020529:Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
chemical_list: D007736:Kynurenic Acid