Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a neurodegenerative disorder poised for successful therapeutic translation

RJ Mead, N Shan, HJ Reiser, F Marshall… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease caused by degeneration of
motor neurons. As with all major neurodegenerative disorders, development of disease …

Advances in molecular pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

H Ilieva, M Vullaganti, J Kwan - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
Although the past two decades have produced exciting discoveries in the genetics and
pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progress in developing an effective therapy …

Factors predicting disease progression in C9ORF72 ALS patients

J Mandrioli, E Zucchi, I Martinelli, L Van der Most… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Objective To unveil clinical features, comorbidities, disease progression and prognostic
factors in a population-based cohort of ALS patients carrying C9ORF72 expansion (C9+ …

Serum neurofilaments in motor neuron disease and their utility in differentiating ALS, PMA and PLS

G McCluskey, KE Morrison, C Donaghy, J McConville… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neurofilament levels are elevated in many neurodegenerative diseases and have shown
promise as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) …

Prevalence and motor-functional correlates of frontotemporal-spectrum disorders in a large cohort of non-demented ALS patients

B Poletti, EN Aiello, M Consonni, B Iazzolino… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background This study aimed at (1) delivering generalizable estimates of the prevalence of
frontotemporal-spectrum disorders (FTSDs) in non-demented ALS patients and (2) exploring …

[HTML][HTML] The progressive loss of brain network fingerprints in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis predicts clinical impairment

A Romano, ET Lopez, M Liparoti, A Polverino… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterised by
functional connectivity alterations in both motor and extra-motor brain regions. Within the …

Time from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis symptom onset to key disease milestones: analysis of data from a multinational cross-sectional survey

P Gebrehiwet, J Brekke, SA Rudnicki… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To determine the average time from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) symptom
onset to 11 pre-defined milestones, overall and according to ALS progression rate and …

Clinical profiles and patterns of neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a cluster-based approach based on MR imaging metrics

G Milella, A Introna, DM Mezzapesa… - American Journal …, 2023 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The previous studies described phenotype-associated
imaging findings in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with a prior categorization of patients …

Chitotriosidase as biomarker for early stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a multicenter study

P Steinacker, E Feneberg, S Halbgebauer… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Levels of chitotriosidase (CHIT1) are increased in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients reflecting microglial activation. Here, we …

Comparison of the ability of the King's and MiToS staging systems to predict disease progression and survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J Luna, P Couratier, S Lahmadi… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Assessing clinical progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains a
challenge. We evaluated the validity and predictive capabilities of the King's and Milano …