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Liquid Biopsy in Neurological Diseases.

Sunny Malhotra, Mari Carmen Martín Miras, Agustín Pappolla, Xavier Montalban, Manuel Comabella

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Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Liquid biopsy in modern medicine: advancing diagnostics from molecular insights to clinical practice.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Sunny MalhotraMultiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia, Department of Neurology-Neuroimmunology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1112-7739
Mari Carmen Martín MirasMultiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia, Department of Neurology-Neuroimmunology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Agustín PappollaMultiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia, Department of Neurology-Neuroimmunology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6364-9497
Xavier MontalbanMultiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia, Department of Neurology-Neuroimmunology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0098-9918
Manuel ComabellaMultiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia, Department of Neurology-Neuroimmunology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2373-6657
Hebron University · PS

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most recent and non-invasive approach for studying early-stage biomarkers is liquid biopsy. This implies the extraction and analysis of non-solid biological tissues (serum, plasma, saliva, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid) without undergoing invasive procedures to determine disease prognosis. Liquid biopsy can be used for the screening of several components, such as extracellular vesicles, microRNAs, cell-free DNA, cell-free mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, circulating tumour cells, circulating tumour DNA, transfer RNA, and circular DNA or RNA derived from body fluids. Its application includes early disease diagnosis, the surveillance of disease activity, and treatment response monitoring, with growing evidence for validating this methodology in cancer, liver disease, and central nervous system (CNS) disorders. This review will provide an overview of mentioned liquid biopsy components, which could serve as valuable biomarkers for the evaluation of complex neurological conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, stroke, traumatic brain injury, CNS tumours, and neuroinfectious diseases. Furthermore, this review highlights the future directions and potential limitations associated with liquid biopsy.

Indexed as

Cell-Free Nucleic AcidsCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsMicroRNAsBiomarkersHumansLiquid BiopsyBiomarkersCell-Free Nucleic AcidsMicroRNAscfDNAliquid biopsymicroRNAneurological diseases

Identifiers

PMID37508574
PMCPMC10378132
OpenAlexW4385172633

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