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NATURE REVIEWS NEUROLOGY
卷 9, 期 3, 页码 131-140出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.10
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- Ricerca Corrente IRCCS
- Ricerca Finalizzata IRCCS (European Community Grant REPLACES)
- Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease
- European 75 framework project MEFOPA (Mendelian Forms of Parkinson's disease) [241791]
Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson disease (PD) is difficult in early stages of disease, with high risk of misdiagnosis. The long preclinical phase of PD provides the possibility for early therapeutic intervention once disease-modifying therapies have been developed, but lack of biomarkers for early diagnosis and monitoring of disease progression represents a major obstacle to achievement of this goal. Accordingly, research efforts aimed at identification of novel biomarkers have been increasing in the past 5 years. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is an accessible source of brain-derived proteins, which mirror molecular changes that take place in the CNS. In this Review, we discuss evidence from numerous studies that have focused on identification of candidate CSF biomarkers for PD. Notably, molecular pathways related to a-synuclein, tau and beta-amyloid peptides have received considerable attention. CSF levels of the protein DJ-1 are also of interest, although further investigation of this candidate marker is required. These studies support the usefulness of a combination of various CSF biomarkers of PD to increase diagnostic accuracy during early phases of the disease, and to differentiate PD from other neurodegenerative disorders. Parnetti, L. et al. Nat Rev. Neurol. 9, 131-140 (2013); published online 19 February 2013; doi:10.1038/nmeurol.2013.10
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