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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2025

NfL as a biomarker in ATTRv amyloidosis: potential and limitations.

Massimo Russo, M De Luca, L Gentile, F D'Arma, A Pugliese, V Macaione, F Polito, L Licitri, A Cafarchio, M H Aguennouz and 2 more

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Massimo Russo *Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy. russom@unime.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-370X
M De Luca *Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
L GentileDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
F D'ArmaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
A PuglieseDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
V MacaioneDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
F PolitoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
L LicitriDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
A CafarchioDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tibero" DIMES, University of Molise, Campobasso, 86100, Italy.
M H AguennouzDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
C RodolicoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
A MazzeoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria N°1, Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) presents unique challenges in diagnosis and monitoring due to its phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity. This study evaluates the utility of serum neurofilaments light chains (NfL) as a reliable biomarker of disease activity in patients carrying different pathogenic TTR variants. Twenty-eight ATTRv patients carrying the following mutations (p.Phe84Leu, p.Glu109Gln, p.Thr69Ala, p.Val50Met) as well as 8 carriers and 27 healthy control subjects underwent extensive examination, including serum NfL measurement, neuropathy impairment score for the lower limb (NIS-LL), compound autonomic dysfunction test (CADT), and polyneuropathy disability (PND) scores, at T0, T6 and T12. The study not only confirms the previously established correlation between serum NfL concentrations and disease severity scales but also extends these observations to the mutations reported here. Furthermore, the research highlights the potential of serum NfLs as discriminators between presymptomatic carriers and symptomatic patients, emphasizing their utility in predicting disease onset and facilitating timely intervention.

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Amyloid Neuropathies, FamilialNeurofilament ProteinsAdultAgedBiomarkersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationPrealbuminSeverity of Illness IndexBiomarkersneurofilament protein LNeurofilament ProteinsPrealbuminTTR Amyloidosis, Neurofilaments, Polyneuropathy, p.Glu109Gln, p.Phe84Leu, p.Thr69Ala

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