Ratio of urinary N-terminal titin fragment to urinary creatinine is a novel biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Shinichiro YamadaAtsushi HashizumeYasuhiro HijikataDaisuke ItoYoshiyuki KishimotoMadoka IidaHaruki KoikeAkihiro HirakawaMasahisa KatsunoPublished in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2021)
Our findings indicate that urinary N-terminal titin fragment is a non-invasive measure of muscle damage in ALS, which could be applied in disease monitoring and prediction of disease progression, in combination with serum NfL.