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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2023

Fluid and Biopsy Based Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease.

David G Coughlin, David J Irwin

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Where do PDD and DLB SYNdromes fit in neuronal alpha-SYNuclein biological frameworks?Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  8. Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease: Unique Features and Management Approaches.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2025
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  15. Detection of Brain-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Plasma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

David G CoughlinDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, 9444 Medical Center Drive, ECOB 03-021, MCC 0886, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. dacoughlin@health.ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4111-0102
David J IrwinDepartment of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5599-5098
University of California San Diego · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

UCSD Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center P30P30AG062429 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DOUGLAS R GALASKO · 2019 to 2026
$34.9M
Research Education ComponentP30AG072979 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DAVID A WOLK · 2021 to 2026
$24.8M
Understanding Environmental Contributions to Heterogeneity in bvFTD.P01AG066597 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI David John Irwin, Corey T McMillan · 2020 to 2026
$18.8M
Project IV "Tackling Heterogeneity of Cognitive Trajectory in LBD"U19AG062418 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI XIE, SHARON XIANGWEN · 2019 to 2023
$18.1M
Microscopic and Large-Scale Networks of Molecular Pathology in Frontotemporal Lobar DegenerationR01NS109260 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI IRWIN, DAVID JOHN · 2019 to 2023
$3.8M
Pathological and cognitive correlations of real time quaking induced conversion in LBD and ADK23NS120038 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI COUGHLIN, DAVID G · 2021 to 2025
$828k
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG066597NIA NIH HHS P30 AG062429NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072979NIA NIH HHS U19 AG062418NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS120038NINDS NIH HHS L30 NS123995NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS109260
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several advances in fluid and tissue-based biomarkers for use in Parkinson's disease (PD) and other synucleinopathies have been made in the last several years. While work continues on species of alpha-synuclein (aSyn) and other proteins which can be measured from spinal fluid and plasma samples, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence from peripheral tissue biopsies and alpha-synuclein seeding amplification assays (aSyn-SAA: including real-time quaking induced conversion (RT-QuIC) and protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA)) now offer a crucial advancement in their ability to identify aSyn species in PD patients in a categorical fashion (i.e., of aSyn + vs aSyn -); to augment clinical diagnosis however, aSyn-specific assays that have quantitative relevance to pathological burden remain an unmet need. Alzheimer's disease (AD) co-pathology is commonly found postmortem in PD, especially in those who develop dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Biofluid biomarkers for tau and amyloid beta species can detect AD co-pathology in PD and DLB, which does have relevance for prognosis, but further work is needed to understand the interplay of aSyn tau, amyloid beta, and other pathological changes to generate comprehensive biomarker profiles for patients in a manner translatable to clinical trial design and individualized therapies.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersBiopsyHumansalpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersAlpha-synucleinBiopsyImmunofluorescenceParkinson’s diseaseProtein misfolding cyclic amplificationReal-time quaking induced conversion

Identifiers

PMID37138160
PMCPMC10457253
OpenAlexW4367856929

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