ReviewMolecular neurodegeneration2020
Neurofilaments in motor neuron disorders: towards promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
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- CSF and blood levels of Neurofilaments, T-Tau, P-Tau, and Abeta-42 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of RNS60 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a phase II multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.European journal of neurology · 2023Trial
- Quantitative Analysis of Axonal Degeneration and TDP-43 Aggregation in Compartmentalized Human iPSC-Derived Motor Neuron-Myotube Co-cultures.Bio-protocol · 2026Article
- Phosphorylated Neurofilament Heavy Chain in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum as a Biomarker of Axonal Injury in Algerian Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Dynamics of Neurofilament Light Chain in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.Annals of neurology · 2026Article
- High-throughput screening of ALS patient iPSC-derived spinal motor neurons identifies novel compounds that increase neurofilament light chain expression.SLAS discovery : advancing life sciences R & D · 2026Article
- miRNAs in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Tiny Molecules, Tremendous Impact.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- A neurotoxic cryptic peptide arising from TDP-43-dependent cryptic splicing of PKN1.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Nonlinear combinatorial analysis of blood transcriptomes identifies PRKAR1A as a regulator of TDP-43 pathophysiology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Biology methods & protocols · 2026Article
- Gold coast criteria but not neurofilaments improve diagnostic sensitivity in a specialized ALS university center.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2026Article
- JNK3 quantification in plasma: a novel biomarker for neuronal damage in Parkinson's disease.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2025Article
- Neurofilament Biomarkers in Neurology: From Neuroinflammation to Neurodegeneration, Bridging Established and Novel Analytical Advances with Clinical Practice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Antibody targeting TDP-43 mitigates pathogenic pathways induced by the cerebrospinal fluid of ALS.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025Article
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- Differential gene expression and immune profiling in Parkinson's disease: unveiling potential candidate biomarkers.BMC neurology · 2025Article
- MEPs and MRI Motor Band Sign as Potential Complementary Markers of Upper Motor Neuron Involvement in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.European journal of neurology · 2025Article
- Most prominent challenges in translational neuroscience and strategic solutions to bridge the gaps: Perspectives from an editorial board interrogation.Exploration of neuroscience · 2025Article
- RYR 1 Gene Mutation in Motor Neuron Disease: A 10-Year Case Observation.Case reports in neurological medicine · 2025Article
- Phosphoproteomics-guided tau biomarker discovery in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD).Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain (pNfH) concentration in cerebrospinal fluid predicts overall disease aggressiveness (D50) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are etiologically and biologically heterogeneous diseases. The pathobiology of motor neuron degeneration is still largely unknown, and no effective therapy is available. Heterogeneity and lack of specific disease biomarkers have been appointed as leading reasons for past clinical trial failure, and biomarker discovery is pivotal in today's MND research agenda.In the last decade, neurofilaments (NFs) have emerged as promising biomarkers for the clinical assessment of neurodegeneration. NFs are scaffolding proteins with predominant structural functions contributing to the axonal cytoskeleton of myelinated axons. NFs are released in CSF and peripheral blood as a consequence of axonal degeneration, irrespective of the primary causal event. Due to the current availability of highly-sensitive automated technologies capable of precisely quantify proteins in biofluids in the femtomolar range, it is now possible to reliably measure NFs not only in CSF but also in blood.In this review, we will discuss how NFs are impacting research and clinical management in ALS and other MNDs. Besides contributing to the diagnosis at early stages by differentiating between MNDs with different clinical evolution and severity, NFs may provide a useful tool for the early enrolment of patients in clinical trials. Due to their stability across the disease, NFs convey prognostic information and, on a larger scale, help to stratify patients in homogenous groups. Shortcomings of NFs assessment in biofluids will also be discussed according to the available literature in the attempt to predict the most appropriate use of the biomarker in the MND clinic.
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