Neurofilament proteins as biomarkers to monitor neurological diseases and the efficacy of therapies

A Yuan, RA Nixon - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biomarkers of neurodegeneration and neuronal injury have the potential to improve
diagnostic accuracy, disease monitoring, prognosis, and measure treatment efficacy …

Neurofilaments: neurobiological foundations for biomarker applications

AR Gafson, NR Barthélemy, P Bomont, RO Carare… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Interest in neurofilaments has risen sharply in recent years with recognition of their potential
as biomarkers of brain injury or neurodegeneration in CSF and blood. This is in the context …

Neurofilament light chain as biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

F Verde, M Otto, V Silani - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are two related
currently incurable neurodegenerative diseases. ALS is characterized by degeneration of …

Frontotemporal dementia, where do we stand? A narrative review

A Antonioni, EM Raho, P Lopriore, AP Pace… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease of growing interest, since it
accounts for up to 10% of middle-age-onset dementias and entails a social, economic, and …

[HTML][HTML] Endosomal dysfunction induced by directly overactivating Rab5 recapitulates prodromal and neurodegenerative features of Alzheimer's disease

A Pensalfini, S Kim, S Subbanna, C Bleiwas… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Neuronal endosomal dysfunction, the earliest known pathobiology specific to Alzheimer's
disease (AD), is mediated by the aberrant activation of Rab5 triggered by APP-β secretase …

Autophagy is a novel pathway for neurofilament protein degradation in vivo

MV Rao, S Darji, PH Stavrides, CN Goulbourne… - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
How macroautophagy/autophagy influences neurofilament (NF) proteins in neurons, a
frequent target in neurodegenerative diseases and injury, is not known. NFs in axons have …

The dazzling rise of neurofilaments: Physiological functions and roles as biomarkers

P Bomont - Current opinion in cell biology, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last two years, neurofilaments (NFs) have become one of the most blazing topics in
clinical neuroscience. NFs are major cytoskeletal constituents of neurons, can be detected in …

Introducing neurofilament light chain measure in psychiatry: current evidence, opportunities, and pitfalls

F Bavato, C Barro, LK Schnider, J Simrén… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
The recent introduction of new-generation immunoassay methods allows the reliable
quantification of structural brain markers in peripheral matrices. Neurofilament light chain …

Neurofilament light regulates axon caliber, synaptic activity, and organelle trafficking in cultured human motor neurons

MT Sainio, T Rasila, SM Molchanova… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neurofilament light (NFL) is one of the proteins forming multimeric neuron-specific
intermediate filaments, neurofilaments, which fill the axonal cytoplasm, establish caliber …

Fluid biomarkers of neuro-glial injury in human status epilepticus: a systematic review

G Giovannini, S Meletti - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
As per the latest ILAE definition, status epilepticus (SE) may lead to long-term irreversible
consequences, such as neuronal death, neuronal injury, and alterations in neuronal …