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ArticleMed (New York, N.Y.)2026

IsomiR utility in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis prognostication.

Yahel Cohen, Ilan Sinai, Iddo Magen, Yehuda Matan Danino, Joanne Wuu, Andrea Malaspina, Michael Benatar, Eran Hornstein

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Article in Med (New York, N.Y.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yahel CohenDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Ilan SinaiDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Iddo MagenDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Yehuda Matan DaninoDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Joanne WuuDepartment of Neurology and ALS Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Andrea MalaspinaUCL Queen Square Motor Neuron Disease Center, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London, UK. Electronic address: a.malaspina@ucl.ac.uk.
Michael BenatarDepartment of Neurology and ALS Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: mbenatar@med.miami.edu.
Eran HornsteinDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Electronic address: eran.hornstein@weizmann.ac.il.

Funding

Multi-Center ALS Biomarker Validation Study (CReATe Biomarkers)U01NS107027 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI BENATAR, MICHAEL, MALASPINA, ANDREA · 2018 to 2023
$3.5M
NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS107027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive motor neuron loss. IsomiRs are microRNA (miRNA) isoforms that arise from alternative processing or editing events during miRNA biogenesis. While isomiRs may carry distinct biological and clinical relevance, their potential as cell-free biomarkers in neurodegeneration remains largely unexplored.

methodsHere, we investigated the prognostic utility of plasma isomiRs in ALS, using next-generation sequencing and two orthogonal statistical approaches.

findingsWe profiled cell-free isomiRs in 154 ALS patients from a British cohort and identified higher levels of one isomiR, let-7g-5p.t, to be associated with longer survival. This finding was independently validated in an international ALS cohort of 200 patients. let-7g-5p.t prognostic utility was comparable to that of neurofilament light chain (NfL) or miR-181.

conclusionsThese results establish isomiRs as a novel class of blood-based biomarkers in ALS with the potential to refine prognostication in clinical trials for neurodegenerative diseases.

fundingThis study was funded by Target ALS the Israel Science Foundation (3497/21, 424/22) and the CReATe Consortium. All additional funding can be found under the Acknowledgments.

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Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisMicroRNAsAdultAgedBiomarkersFemaleHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeurofilament ProteinsPrognosisBiomarkersMicroRNAsNeurofilament Proteinsamyotrophic lateral sclerosisisomiRsmachine learning in biomedicinemiRNAneurodegenerative diseasesprognostic biomarkerssmall RNA biomarkerssurvival analysistranslational neurosciencetranslation to patients

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