Oxidative stress, neuroinflammation and mitochondria in the pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E Obrador, R Salvador, R López-Blanch… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive motor neuron (MN) disease. Its primary
cause remains elusive, although a combination of different causal factors cannot be ruled …

Differential contribution of microglia and monocytes in neurodegenerative diseases

C Baufeld, E O'Loughlin, N Calcagno… - Journal of neural …, 2018 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's
disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Microglia …

Correlation of peripheral immunity with rapid amyotrophic lateral sclerosis progression

BJ Murdock, T Zhou, SR Kashlan, RJ Little… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has an immune component, but previous
human studies have not examined immune changes over time. Objectives To assess …

Peripheral monocytes are functionally altered and invade the CNS in ALS patients

L Zondler, K Müller, S Khalaji, C Bliederhäuser… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating progressive neurodegenerative disease
affecting primarily the upper and lower motor neurons. A common feature of all ALS cases is …

Untargeted metabolomics yields insight into ALS disease mechanisms

SA Goutman, J Boss, K Guo, FM Alakwaa… - Journal of Neurology …, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To identify dysregulated metabolic pathways in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
versus control participants through untargeted metabolomics. Methods Untargeted …

[HTML][HTML] NK cells associate with ALS in a sex-and age-dependent manner

BJ Murdock, JP Famie, CE Piecuch, KD Pawlowski… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
NK cells are innate immune cells implicated in ALS; whether NK cells impact ALS in a sex-
and age-specific manner was investigated. Herein, NK cells were depleted in male and …

Interplay between immunity and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Clinical impact

F De Marchi, I Munitic, A Amedei, JD Berry… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating and rapidly fatal neurodegenerative
disease. Despite decades of research and many new insights into disease biology over the …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis survival associates with neutrophils in a sex-specific manner

BJ Murdock, SA Goutman, J Boss, S Kim… - Neurology …, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To determine whether neutrophils contribute to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
progression, we tested the association of baseline neutrophil count on ALS survival, whether …

Blood biomarkers and prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J Sun, JJ Carrero, U Zagai, M Evans… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose The objective was to assess the ability of eight commonly
measured blood markers to serve as prognostic biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

Stem cell treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a critical overview of early phase trials

SA Goutman, MG Savelieff, SA Sakowski… - Expert opinion on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease of cortical,
brainstem, and spinal motor neurons; it causes progressive muscle weakness and atrophy …