Cerebrospinal fluid chitinases as biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J Costa, M Gromicho, A Pronto-Laborinho, C Almeida… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative neuromuscular disease that
affects motor neurons controlling voluntary muscles. Survival is usually 2–5 years after …

Chitinases as a potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Xu, Y Luo, Y Tang, F Yang, X Gao, G Qiao, X Zhu… - Neurological …, 2024 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by
the degeneration of motor neurons, and there is currently a lack of reliable diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] The chitinases as biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: signals from the CNS and beyond

N Gaur, C Perner, OW Witte, J Grosskreutz - Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a late-onset neurodegenerative condition, most widely
characterized by the selective vulnerability of motor neurons and the poor life expectancy of …

CSF chitinase proteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AG Thompson, E Gray, A Bampton… - Journal of Neurology …, 2019 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the classifier performance, clinical and biochemical correlations of
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of the chitinase proteins Chitotriosidase-1 (CHIT1) …

Cross-sectional and longitudinal measures of chitinase proteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and expression of CHI3L1 in activated astrocytes

L Vu, J An, T Kovalik, T Gendron, L Petrucelli… - Journal of Neurology …, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a complex disease with numerous
pathological mechanisms resulting in a heterogeneous patient population. Using …

Chitotriosidase-a putative biomarker for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AM Varghese, A Sharma, P Mishra, K Vijayalakshmi… - Clinical proteomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Potential biomarkers to aid diagnosis and therapy need to be identified for
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a progressive motor neuronal degenerative disorder. The …

Cerebrospinal fluid macrophage biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AG Thompson, E Gray, ML Thézénas… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The neurodegenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a
heterogeneous clinical syndrome involving multiple molecular pathways. The development …

Chitotriosidase (CHIT1) is increased in microglia and macrophages in spinal cord of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and cerebrospinal fluid levels correlate with disease …

P Steinacker, F Verde, L Fang, E Feneberg… - Journal of Neurology …, 2018 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objectives Neurochemical markers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that reflect
underlying disease mechanisms might help in diagnosis, staging and prediction of outcome …

CSF chitinases before and after symptom onset in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E Gray, AG Thompson, J Wuu, J Pelt… - Annals of clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the CSF levels of chitinase proteins during the presymptomatic and
early symptomatic phases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods CSF samples …

Monocyte-derived macrophages contribute to chitinase dysregulation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A pilot study

N Gaur, E Huss, T Prell, R Steinbach, J Guerra… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation significantly contributes to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
pathology. In lieu of this, reports of elevated chitinase levels in ALS are interesting, as they …