Neurofilaments as biomarkers in neurological disorders—towards clinical application

M Khalil, CE Teunissen, S Lehmann, M Otto… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Neurofilament proteins have been validated as specific body fluid biomarkers of neuro-
axonal injury. The advent of highly sensitive analytical platforms that enable reliable …

Peripheral biomarkers in manifest and premanifest Huntington's disease

E Morena, C Romano, M Marconi, S Diamant… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is characterized by clinical motor impairment (eg, involuntary
movements, poor coordination, parkinsonism), cognitive deficits, and psychiatric symptoms …

Plasma NfL as a prognostic biomarker for enriching HD-ISS stage 1 categorisation: a cross-sectional study

GM Parkin, EA Thomas, J Corey-Bloom - EBioMedicine, 2023 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The recently proposed Huntington's Disease Integrated Staging
System (HD-ISS) categorises individuals with the Huntintin genetic mutation into disease …

The updated development of blood-based biomarkers for Huntington's disease

S Zhang, Y Cheng, H Shang - Journal of Neurology, 2023 - Springer
Huntington's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by mutation of the
huntingtin (HTT) gene. The identification of mutation carriers before symptom onset provides …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic enrichment for early-stage Huntington's disease: An explainable machine learning approach for clinical trial

M Ghofrani-Jahromi, GR Poudel, A Razi… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In Huntington's disease clinical trials, recruitment and stratification
approaches primarily rely on genetic load, cognitive and motor assessment scores. They …

Mapping neurodegeneration across the Huntington's disease spectrum: a five-year longitudinal analysis of plasma neurofilament light

GM Parkin, EA Thomas, J Corey-Bloom - EBioMedicine, 2024 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Neurofilament light (NfL) has previously been highlighted as a
potential biomarker for Huntington's Disease (HD) using cross-sectional analyses. Our study …

[HTML][HTML] Study protocol of IMAGINE-HD: Imaging iron accumulation and neuroinflammation with 7T-MRI+ CSF in Huntington's disease

NA van de Zande, M Bulk, C Najac, L van der Weerd… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Strong evidence suggests a significant role for iron accumulation in the brain in
addition to the well-documented neurodegenerative aspects of Huntington's disease (HD) …

[HTML][HTML] Neurochemical changes in the progression of Huntington's disease: A meta-analysis of in vivo 1H-MRS studies

Y Jing, I Dogan, K Reetz, S Romanzetti - Neurobiology of Disease, 2024 - Elsevier
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H-MRS) allows measuring specific brain
metabolic alterations in Huntington's disease (HD), and these metabolite profiles may serve …

A 14-year longitudinal study of neurofilament light chain dynamics in premanifest and transitional Huntington's disease

ZJ Voysey, NE Owen, JA Holbrook, M Malpetti… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Growing evidence supports the value of neurofilament light (NfL) as a
prognostic biomarker in premanifest Huntington's disease (HD). To date, however, there has …

Considerations and advances in Huntington's disease clinical trial design

GM Parkin, J Corey-Bloom - Biomarkers for Huntington's Disease …, 2023 - Springer
The characterization of the Huntingtin gene in 1993, 10 years after it was the first disease-
associated gene to be mapped to a chromosome in humans, brought with it much …