Mitophagy modulation, a new player in the race against ALS

E Madruga, I Maestro, A Martínez - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a lethal neurodegenerative disease that usually
results in respiratory paralysis in an interval of 2 to 4 years. ALS shows a multifactorial …

Cerebellar pathology in motor neuron disease: neuroplasticity and neurodegeneration

RH Chipika, G Mulkerrin, PF Pradat… - Neural regeneration …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a relentlessly progressive multi-system condition. The
clinical picture is dominated by upper and lower motor neuron degeneration, but extra-motor …

Intravenous iron therapy improves the hypercapnic ventilatory response and sleep disordered breathing in chronic heart failure

S Caravita, A Faini, C Vignati, S Pelucchi… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Intravenous iron therapy can improve symptoms in patients with heart failure, anaemia
and iron deficiency. The mechanisms underlying such an improvement might involve …

Multimodal longitudinal study of structural brain involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

HK Van Der Burgh, HJ Westeneng, R Walhout… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To understand the progressive nature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by
investigating differential brain patterns of gray and white matter involvement in clinically or …

TDP-43 and phosphorylated TDP-43 levels in paired plasma and CSF samples in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Y Ren, S Li, S Chen, X Sun, F Yang, H Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective: The aim of this study was to measure both plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) and phosphorylated TDP-43 (pTDP-43) levels in …

Early detection and tracking of bulbar changes in ALS via frequent and remote speech analysis

GM Stegmann, S Hahn, J Liss, J Shefner… - NPJ digital …, 2020 - nature.com
Bulbar deterioration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating characteristic that
impairs patients' ability to communicate, and is linked to shorter survival. The existing clinical …

Astrocyte regional diversity in ALS includes distinct aberrant phenotypes with common and causal pathological processes

C Gomes, C Sequeira, M Barbosa, C Cunha… - Experimental Cell …, 2020 - Elsevier
Astrocytes are major contributors of motor neuron (MN) degeneration in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS). We investigated whether regional and cell maturation differences influence …

The quality of life and depression in primary caregivers of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is affected by patient-related and culture-specific conditions

A Maksymowicz-Śliwińska, D Lulé… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To analyze the quality of life (QoL) and frequency of depression in primary
caregivers of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in two neighboring European …

Monocytes and neutrophils are associated with clinical features in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

RB McGill, FJ Steyn, ST Ngo, KA Thorpe… - Brain …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Immunity has emerged as a key player in neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, with recent studies documenting aberrant immune changes in patients and …

An eye tracking and brain–computer interface-based human–environment interactive system for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

J Wang, S Xu, Y Dai, S Gao - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients suffer a great inconvenience in their daily lives
due to the gradual loss of their motion abilities. In order to help ALS patients regain their self …