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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Neuron-Specific Enolase (NSE) as a Biomarker for Autistic Spectrum Disease (ASD).

Felician Stancioiu, Raluca Bogdan, Radu Dumitrescu

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06756711 (Combination of Supplements for Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.

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2 · The registry

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NCT06756711 naenrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Combination of Supplements for Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorder

TypeinterventionalSponsorFundatia Bio-ForumRan2024 to 2025Enrolled40ConditionsAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASDArmsA combination of apitherapy and plant extracts, Placebo Combination
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Felician StancioiuFundatia Bio-Forum, 040245 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8398-388X
Raluca BogdanMedicover Hospital Bucharest, 013982 Bucharest, Romania.
Radu DumitrescuMedicover Hospital Bucharest, 013982 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0009-0008-4481-394X
Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autistic spectrum disease (ASD) is an increasingly common diagnosis nowadays with a prevalence of 1-2% in most countries. Its complex causality-a combination of genetic, immune, metabolic, and environmental factors-is translated into pleiomorphic developmental disorders of various severity, which have two main aspects in common: repetitive, restrictive behaviors and difficulties in social interaction varying from awkward habits and verbalization to a complete lack of interest for the outside world. The wide variety of ASD causes also makes it very difficult to find a common denominator-a disease biomarker and medication-and currently, there is no commonly used diagnostic and therapeutic strategy besides clinical evaluation and psychotherapy. In the CORDUS clinical study, we have administered autologous cord blood to ASD kids who had little or no improvement after other treatments and searched for a biomarker which could help predict the degree of improvement in each patient. We have found that the neuron-specific enolase (NSE) was elevated above the normal clinical range (less than 16.3 ng/mL) in the vast majority of ASD kids tested in our study (40 of 41, or 97.5%). This finding opens up a new direction for diagnostic confirmation, dynamic evaluation, and therapeutic intervention for ASD kids.

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autismautism biomarkerautistic spectrum disease (ASD)mTORneuroinflammationneuronal apoptosisneuron-specific enolase (NSE)

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