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Erschienen in: Journal of Neurology 4/2024

08.12.2023 | Original Communication

Relationship between plasma NFL and disease progression in Parkinson’s disease: a prospective cohort study

verfasst von: Ruwei Ou, Kuncheng Liu, Junyu Lin, Tianmi Yang, Yi Xiao, Qianqian Wei, Yanbing Hou, Chunyu Li, Lingyu Zhang, Zheng Jiang, Bi Zhao, Xueping Chen, Wei Song, Ying Wu, Huifang Shang

Erschienen in: Journal of Neurology | Ausgabe 4/2024

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Abstract

Objective

We aimed to examine the longitudinal change of plasma neurofilament light chain (NFL) level and explore its diagnostic and prognostic implications in Parkinson’s disease (PD).

Methods

A total of 184 patients with early PD who completed 5-year annually repeated clinical assessments were included. Plasma NFL at baseline, 1 year, and 2 year were examined, which were quantified using the ultrasensitive Simoa technology. At baseline, blood from 86 sex- and age-matched healthy controls (HC) were obtained for comparison.

Results

Plasma NFL in PD patients at baseline was significantly higher than those in HC (P = 0.046), and significantly increased after 2 years (P = 0.046). Receiver operating characteristic curve indicated that a plasma NFL cut-off value of 10.79 pg/mL resulted in 39.7% sensitivity and 84.0% specificity, with an area under the curve of 0.635, to distinguish PD from HC (P < 0.001). Linear mixed-effect models indicated that baseline plasma NFL (> 9.24 pg/mL) correlated with a greater increase in the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale III (estimate = 0.651, P = 0.001) and Hoehn & Yahr stage (estimate = 0.072, P < 0.001), and also correlated with a greater decrease in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (estimate = − 0.387, P < 0.001) during follow-up visits.

Conclusions

Plasma NFL exhibits a tendency to increase with disease progression, and elevated baseline plasma NFL can serve as a predictor for accelerated motor deterioration and cognitive decline in PD. However, plasma NFL does not have high accuracy to distinguish individuals with early-stage PD from HC.
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Metadaten
Titel
Relationship between plasma NFL and disease progression in Parkinson’s disease: a prospective cohort study
verfasst von
Ruwei Ou
Kuncheng Liu
Junyu Lin
Tianmi Yang
Yi Xiao
Qianqian Wei
Yanbing Hou
Chunyu Li
Lingyu Zhang
Zheng Jiang
Bi Zhao
Xueping Chen
Wei Song
Ying Wu
Huifang Shang
Publikationsdatum
08.12.2023
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Journal of Neurology / Ausgabe 4/2024
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-023-12117-y

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