NEFL, neurofilament light, 4747

N. diseases: 247; N. variants: 26
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies
0.220 Biomarker group MGD Neurofilament light polypeptide gene N98S mutation in mice leads to neurofilament network abnormalities and a Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 2E phenotype. 25552649 2015
Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies
0.220 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Neurofilament light mutation causes hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with pyramidal signs. 25583183 2014
Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies
0.220 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The recognized CMT2 genotypes include: CMT2A (mapped to chromosome 1p35-36); CMT2B (3q13-22); CMT2C (with vocal cord paresis); CMT2D (7p14); CMT2E, related to a mutation in the NF-L gene on chromosome 8p21; proximal CMT2, or HMSN P (3q13.1); CMT2 with MPZ mutations; autosomal recessive CMT2 (1q21.2-q21.3); agenesis of the corpus callosum with sensorimotor neuronopathy (15q13-q15); CMT2 X-linked with deafness and mental retardation (Xq24-q26). 11231025 2001
CUI: C0031117
Disease: Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral Neuropathy
0.120 Biomarker group BEFREE Besides, we screened for all the known genes related to axonal autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT2A2/HMSN2A2/MFN2, CMT2B1/LMNA, CMT2B2/MED25, CMT2B5/NEFL, ARCMT2F/dHMN2B/HSPB1, CMT2K/GDAP1, CMT2P/LRSAM1, CMT2R/TRIM2, CMT2S/IGHMBP2, CMT2T/HSJ1, CMTRID/COX6A1, ARAN-NM/HINT and GAN/GAN), for the genes related to autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum and axonal peripheral neuropathy (SPG7/PGN, SPG15/ZFYVE26, SPG21/ACP33, SPG35/FA2H, SPG46/GBA2, SPG55/C12orf65 and SPG56/CYP2U1), as well as for the causative gene of peripheral neuropathy with or without agenesis of the corpus callosum (SLC12A6). 26556829 2016
CUI: C0031117
Disease: Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral Neuropathy
0.120 CausalMutation group CLINVAR
CUI: C0031117
Disease: Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral Neuropathy
0.120 GeneticVariation group CLINVAR
CUI: C0031117
Disease: Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral Neuropathy
0.120 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Elevated neurofilament light chain (NFL) mRNA levels in prediabetic peripheral neuropathy. 24733614 2014
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE We conducted a study including 60 sporadic and 19 familial ALS patients, 206 reference patients with other neurological disorders and 40 age- and sex-matched healthy controls to test the hypothesis that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of neurofilament light (NF-L) protein, a marker of axonal degeneration, might provide diagnostic and prognostic information on the disease. 17903209 2007
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Taken together, our results reveal that as well as acting as reliable biomarkers of neuronal damage, antibodies to NF-L exacerbate neurological disease, suggesting that antibodies to NF-L generated during disease may also be pathogenic and play a role in the progression of neurodegeneration. 28718500 2017
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Neurofilament light chain as a biomarker in neurological disorders. 30967444 2019
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Elevated levels of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neuronal injury markers (neurofilament light chain [NF-L] and total tau protein [t-tau]) and of the astroglial marker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) are found in etiologically different neurological disorders affecting the peripheral and the central nervous system. 31087810 2019
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE We examined whether NF-L is elevated differentially following uncomplicated mTBI in older adults with pre-injury neurological disorders. 30843469 2019
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Here, we review what is known about the structure and function of neurofilaments, discuss analytical aspects and knowledge of age-dependent normal ranges of neurofilaments and provide a comprehensive overview of studies on neurofilament light chain as a marker of axonal injury in different neurological disorders, including multiple sclerosis, neurodegenerative dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson disease. 30171200 2018
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Increased CSF Neurofilament light chain (NFL) concentrations have been reported in several neurological disorders, including prion diseases. 30309804 2019
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Neurofilament light distinguished neurodegenerative or neurological disorder from psychiatric disorder with an area under the curve of 0.94 (95% confidence intervals = [0.89, 0.98]); a cut-off of 1332 pg/mL was associated with 87% sensitivity and 90% specificity. 31220922 2020
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neurodegeneration biomarkers such as neurofilament light chain (NF-L), total tau (t-tau), and the tau pathology marker phosphorylated tau (p-tau) are related to mortality in other neurological disorders (eg, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease), but have not been investigated in this respect in parkinsonian disorders. 31070772 2019
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Neurofilament light chain (NfL) is a unique biomarker related to axonal damage and neural cell death, which is elevated in a number of neurological disorders, and can be detected in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), as well as blood, serum, or plasma samples. 31385229 2020
CUI: C0027765
Disease: nervous system disorder
nervous system disorder
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE To confirm the large body of evidence for NfL, we developed a new ELISA method and here we present the performance characteristics of this new ELISA for CSF NfL in different neurological disorders. 29370869 2018
CUI: C0442874
Disease: Neuropathy
Neuropathy
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Our results suggest that alterations in the formation of a normal IF network in neurons elicited by these NFL mutations may contribute to the development of Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy. 12432080 2002
CUI: C0442874
Disease: Neuropathy
Neuropathy
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Mutations in the NF-L gene (NEFL) cause autosomal dominant neuropathies that are classified either as axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) type 2E (CMT2E) or demyelinating CMT type 1F (CMT1F). 17052987 2007
CUI: C0442874
Disease: Neuropathy
Neuropathy
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Mutations in the neurofilament light chain polypeptide (NEFL) gene are present in CMT2E and CMT1F neuropathies. 18758688 2008
CUI: C0442874
Disease: Neuropathy
Neuropathy
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Plasma neurofilament light chain concentration is increased and correlates with the severity of neuropathy in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis. 31583784 2019
CUI: C0442874
Disease: Neuropathy
Neuropathy
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE We have analyzed a mouse model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 2E (CMT2E) harboring a heterozygous p.Asn98Ser (p.N98S) Nefl mutation, whose human counterpart results in a severe, early-onset neuropathy. 29940160 2018
CUI: C0442874
Disease: Neuropathy
Neuropathy
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Two proteins, neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and neurofilament light chain (NFL), have been examined previously as possible markers of neuronal damage in the pathophysiology of neuropathies. 24733614 2014
CUI: C0442874
Disease: Neuropathy
Neuropathy
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The novel neurofilament light (NEFL) mutation Glu397Lys is associated with a clinically and morphologically heterogeneous type of Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy. 14733962 2004