ArticleActa oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)2024
Blood biomarkers for neuroaxonal injury and astrocytic activation in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
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- Serum neurofilament light chain (sNFL) as a predictive biomarker for Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity (CIPN): consideration of current evidence, validation steps, and barriers to CIPN biomarker implementation in clinical practice-a narrative review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Review
- Increased Blood Levels of NfL, GFAP, and Placental Growth Factor After Radiotherapy to the Brain.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2026Article
- Neuronal injury biomarkers GFAP and neurofilament light chains (NfL) are associated with neurotoxicity and endothelial dysfunction in adult patients treated with antiCD19 CART cells.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2026Article
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- Neurofilament light and glial fibrillary acidic protein do not reflect neuronal or glial damage during different intracranial radiotherapy regimes: a pilot study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Exploratory identification of candidate biomarkers and molecular contributors to paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with breast cancer through proteomic analysis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Clinical Utility of Serum Neurofilament Light Chain in Peripheral Neuropathy.Muscle & nerve · 2026Article
- Glial fibrillary acidic protein: a potential biomarker for small fiber neuropathy?Acta diabetologica · 2025Article
- Diagnosis of Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neurotoxicity: A Scoping Review.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
background and purposeChemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a troublesome side effect in patients exposed to taxanes in the treatment of cancer and may affect quality of life dramatically. Here we assessed whether serum levels of neurofilament light (NfL) and tau (two neuroaxonal injury biomarkers) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP, a biomarker for astrocytic activation) correlate with the development of CIPN in the adjuvant setting of early breast cancer. MATERIALS AND
methodsUsing ultrasensitive single molecule array technology, serum levels of NfL, GFAP, and tau were measured before and every 3 weeks in 10 women receiving adjuvant EC (epirubicin 90 mg/m² and cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m²) every 3 weeks × 3, followed by weekly paclitaxel 80 mg/m² × 9-12 weeks after surgery due to early breast cancer. CIPN was graded according to the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v5.0) and the questionnaire EORTC QLQ CIPN-20.
resultsSerum levels of GFAP increased successively during cycles of EC. NfL increased instead in response to the treatment of paclitaxel. NfL and GFAP continued to rise throughout exposure of cumulatively higher doses of paclitaxel and were reduced 3 months after the end of chemotherapy. Serums levels of tau were marginally affected by exposure to chemotherapy. Women with worse symptoms of CIPN had higher concentrations of NfL than women with mild symptoms of CIPN.
interpretationNfL and GFAP are promising biomarkers to identify women at risk of developing CIPN. Larger prospective studies are now needed.
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