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Trial reportScientific reports2021

Serum neurofilament light chain as a severity marker for spinocerebellar ataxia.

Hye-Rim Shin, Jangsup Moon, Woo-Jin Lee, Han Sang Lee, Eun Young Kim, Seoyi Shin, Soon-Tae Lee, Keun-Hwa Jung, Kyung-Il Park, Ki-Young Jung and 2 more

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hye-Rim ShinDepartment of Neurology, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Chungnam, South Korea.
Jangsup MoonDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Woo-Jin LeeDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Han Sang LeeDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Eun Young KimDepartment of Neurology, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Sejong, South Korea.
Seoyi ShinDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Soon-Tae LeeDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Keun-Hwa JungDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Kyung-Il ParkDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Ki-Young JungDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Sang Kun LeeDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea.
Kon ChuDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, South Korea. stemcell.snu@gmail.com.
Seoul National University Hospital · KRChungnam National University · KRDankook University Hospital · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the serum neurofilament light (NfL) chain is known as a promising biomarker in neurodegenerative diseases, we aimed to evaluate serum NfL as a biomarker indicating neuronal damage in autosomal-dominant (AD) spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA). We reviewed patients diagnosed with AD SCA in the outpatient clinic of Seoul National University Hospital's (SNUH) Department of Neurology between May and August of 2019. We reviewed the demographic data, clinical characteristics, Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score, and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. The serum NfL was measured by electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunoassay. Forty-nine patients with AD SCA were reviewed and their serum NfL level was determined. The median serum NfL level (109.5 pg/mL) was higher than control (41.1 pg/mL) (p-value < 0.001). Among the AD SCA patients, there was a positive correlation between the serum NfL level and the trinucleotide repeat number (r = 0.47, p-value = 0.001), disease duration (r = 0.35, p-value = 0.019), disease duration/age × trinucleotide repeat number (r = 0.330, p-value = 0.021), and SARA score (n = 33; r = 0.37, p-value = 0.033). This study shows that serum NfL is elevated in AD SCA patients and correlates with clinical severity.

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Severity of Illness IndexAdultBiomarkersFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeurofilament ProteinsSpinocerebellar AtaxiasBiomarkersneurofilament protein LNeurofilament Proteins

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PMID34188109
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