Non-neuronal cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—from pathogenesis to biomarkers

BF Vahsen, E Gray, AG Thompson, O Ansorge… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The prevailing motor neuron-centric view of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
pathogenesis could be an important factor in the failure to identify disease-modifying therapy …

Biomarkers in motor neuron disease: a state of the art review

NS Verber, SR Shepheard, M Sassani… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Motor neuron disease can be viewed as an umbrella term describing a heterogeneous
group of conditions, all of which are relentlessly progressive and ultimately fatal. The …

The role of osteopontin in microglia biology: current concepts and future perspectives

DD Rosmus, C Lange, F Ludwig, B Ajami, P Wieghofer - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The innate immune landscape of the central nervous system (CNS), including the brain and
the retina, consists of different myeloid cell populations with distinct tasks to fulfill. Whereas …

Proteomics in cerebrospinal fluid and spinal cord suggests UCHL1, MAP2 and GPNMB as biomarkers and underpins importance of transcriptional pathways in …

P Oeckl, P Weydt, DR Thal, JH Weishaupt… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease and the
proteins and pathways involved in the pathophysiology are not fully understood. Even less is …

Machine learning in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: achievements, pitfalls, and future directions

V Grollemund, PF Pradat, G Querin, F Delbot… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive
neurodegenerative condition with limited therapeutic options at present. Survival from …

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 …

Different neuroinflammatory profile in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia is linked to the clinical phase

P Oeckl, P Weydt, P Steinacker… - Journal of Neurology …, 2019 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To investigate the role of neuroinflammation in asymptomatic and symptomatic
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) mutation carriers …

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 …

Extracellular vesicles as potential biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

M Barbo, M Ravnik-Glavač - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is described as a fatal and rapidly progressive
neurodegenerative disorder caused by the degeneration of upper motor neurons in the …