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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Neurodegeneration Biomarkers in Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Patients Treated with Nusinersen.

Pol Andrés-Benito, Juan Francisco Vázquez-Costa, Nancy Carolina Ñungo Garzón, María J Colomina, Carla Marco, Laura González, Cristina Terrafeta, Raúl Domínguez, Isidro Ferrer, Mónica Povedano

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Application of Biomarkers in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Pol Andrés-BenitoNeurologic Diseases and Neurogenetics Group, Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), 08907 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3000-0338
Juan Francisco Vázquez-CostaNeuromuscular Unit and ERN-NMD Group, Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe and IIS La Fe, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 46026 Valencia, Spain.
Nancy Carolina Ñungo GarzónNeuromuscular Unit and ERN-NMD Group, Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe and IIS La Fe, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 46026 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9272-895X
María J ColominaAnesthesia and Critical Care Department, Bellvitge University Hospital-University of Barcelona, 08907 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0106-0956
Carla MarcoFunctional Unit of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (UFELA), Department of Neurology, Bellvitge University Hospital, 08907 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0008-6330-1376
Laura GonzálezFunctional Unit of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (UFELA), Department of Neurology, Bellvitge University Hospital, 08907 Barcelona, Spain.
Cristina TerrafetaFunctional Unit of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (UFELA), Department of Neurology, Bellvitge University Hospital, 08907 Barcelona, Spain.
Raúl DomínguezNeurologic Diseases and Neurogenetics Group, Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), 08907 Barcelona, Spain.
Isidro FerrerCIBERNED (Network Centre of Biomedical Research of Neurodegenerative Diseases), Institute of Health Carlos III, 08907 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9888-8754
Mónica PovedanoNeurologic Diseases and Neurogenetics Group, Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), 08907 Barcelona, Spain.
Bellvitge University Hospital · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESCentre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases · ESUniversitat de València · ES

Funding

Biogen Iberica S.L. IIT ESP-SPN-19-11486CUIDAME PIC188-18Generalitat Valenciana EMERGENTES/CIGE2021/055Instituto de Salud Carlos III JR19/00030Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI21/00737
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study is to evaluate biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders in adult SMA patients and their potential for monitoring the response to nusinersen. Biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders were assessed in plasma and CSF samples obtained from a total of 30 healthy older adult controls and 31 patients with adult SMA type 2 and 3. The samples were collected before and during nusinersen treatment at various time points, approximately at 2, 6, 10, and 22 months. Using ELISA technology, the levels of total tau, pNF-H, NF-L, sAPPβ, Aβ40, Aβ42, and YKL-40 were evaluated in CSF samples. Additionally, plasma samples were used to measure NF-L and total tau levels using SIMOA technology. SMA patients showed improvements in clinical outcomes after nusinersen treatment, which were statistically significant only in walkers, in RULM (

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Muscular Atrophy, SpinalOligonucleotidesSpinal Muscular Atrophies of ChildhoodAgedBiomarkersChildChitinase-3-Like Protein 1HumansBiomarkersChitinase-3-Like Protein 1nusinersenOligonucleotidesadult spinal muscular atrophybiomarkersnusinersen treatment

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PMID38612621
PMCPMC11011665
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