Why do 71% of MOGAD patients have undetectable CSF-KFLC despite active demyelination?

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The finding that most MOGAD patients lack detectable kappa free light chains in CSF is striking given the inflammatory nature of the disease. This suggests either fundamentally different immune compartmentalization or alternative pathogenic mechanisms that need elucidation. Gap type: unexplained_observation Source paper: Diagnostic Value of the Kappa Free Light Chain Index to Distinguish MOGAD, NMOSD, and MS. (2026, Neurology, PMID:41921124)

Priority: 0.79 Domain: neuroinflammation Hypotheses: 0
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Landscape Summary: Why do 71% of MOGAD patients have undetectable CSF-KFLC despite active demyelination? is a 0.79 priority gap in neuroinflammation. It has 0 linked hypotheses with average composite score 0.000. Status: open.

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Colonna, Sevlever, et al. (TREM2 biology)

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Why do 71% of MOGAD patients have undetectable CSF-KFLC despite active demyelination? — INVOKE-2 (completed)

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associated with (7)

MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEINMOGADMOGADDemyelinating DiseaseMOGMOGADMOGADNMOSDMultiple SclerosisMOGAD
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biomarker for (3)

MOGMOGADMRI LesionsMOGADMOGADNMOSD

correlates with (1)

MOGADMultiple Sclerosis

has over-representation of (1)

32048003MOGAD

involved in (2)

DEMYELINATIONMOGADMOGADDemyelination

is distinguished from (1)

32048003MOGAD

is preserved in (1)

32048003MOGAD

lacks (1)

37980124MOGAD

pathologically distinguished from (1)

32048003MOGAD

predominates in (1)

32048003MOGAD

regulates (2)

AQP4MOGADMOGADNMOSD

shares overlapping features with (1)

32048003MOGAD

targets (1)

37980124MOGAD

treats (3)

AQP4MOGADMOGADNMOSDAQUAPORIN-4MOGAD
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