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SynthesisDiagnostic pathology2024

Cerebrospinal fluid and blood exosomes as biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; a systematic review.

Shahram Darabi, Armin Ariaei, Auob Rustamzadeh, Dariush Afshari, Enam Alhagh Charkhat Gorgich, Leila Darabi

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Synthesis in Diagnostic pathology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Exosome Proteomics of SOD1Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2026
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  13. [Advances in the Structure and Function of Neurofilament Protein and Its Application in Early Diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025
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  14. Unravelling the plasma proteome: Pioneering biomarkers for differential dementia diagnosis.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Shahram DarabiCellular and Molecular Research Center, Research Institute for Non-communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9405-6640
Armin AriaeiStudent Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1354-5566
Auob RustamzadehCellular and Molecular Research Center, Research Institute for Non-communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran. auob2020rustamzade@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8246-5631
Dariush AfshariDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4688-4406
Enam Alhagh Charkhat GorgichDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6817-8532
Leila DarabiDepartment of Neurology, Tehran Medical Science Branch, Amir Al Momenin Hospital, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8801-6781
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRIranshahr University · IRIslamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran · IRKermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IRQazvin University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and fatal motor neuron disease. Due to the limited knowledge about potential biomarkers that help in early diagnosis and monitoring disease progression, today's diagnoses are based on ruling out other diseases, neurography, and electromyography examination, which takes a time-consuming procedure.

methodsPubMed, ScienceDirect, and Web of Science were explored to extract articles published from January 2015 to June 2023. In the searching strategy following keywords were included; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, biomarkers, cerebrospinal fluid, serum, and plama.

resultsA total number of 6 studies describing fluid-based exosomal biomarkers were included in this study. Aggregated proteins including SOD1, TDP-43, pTDP-43, and FUS could be detected in the microvesicles (MVs). Moreover, TDP-43 and NFL extracted from plasma exosomes could be used as prognostic biomarkers. Also, downregulated miR-27a-3p detected through exoEasy Maxi and exoQuick Kit in the plasma could be measured as a diagnostic biomarker. Eventually, the upregulated level of CORO1A could be used to monitor disease progression.

conclusionBased on the results, each biomarker alone is insufficient to evaluate ALS. CNS-derived exosomes contain multiple ALS-related biomarkers (SOD1, TDP-43, pTDP-43, FUS, and miRNAs) that are detectable in cerebrospinal fluid and blood is a proper alternation. Exosome detecting kits listed as exoEasy, ExoQuick, Exo-spin, ME kit, ExoQuick Plus, and Exo-Flow, are helpful to reach this purpose.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisExosomesBiomarkersDisease ProgressionDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansSuperoxide Dismutase-1BiomarkersDNA-Binding ProteinsSuperoxide Dismutase-1Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisBiomarkersExosomesExtracellular vesicles

Identifiers

PMID38429818
PMCPMC10908104
OpenAlexW4392359834

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