How to Use light chain in a Sentence

light chain

noun

• This is typically done through serum and urine tests to detect abnormal free light chains and monoclonal proteins.
  — Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2025
• In multiple myeloma, cancerous plasma cells make abnormal proteins called monoclonal light chains.
  — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Sep. 2025
• And, curiously, a protein called neurofilament light chain, often linked to brain injury, was elevated in newborns compared with teens and adults—but not as high as what was found in elderly people.
  — Robert Martone, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
• One came from blood measurements of serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL), a protein released when nerve cells are damaged and widely used as a marker of disease activity.
  — New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
• Participants who experienced rising segregation over time showed elevated levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament light chain (NfL), which reflect brain stress and nerve cell injury.
  — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026