Table 1.
Exosomal protein as biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders
| Diseases | Exosome sources | Biomarkers | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD | Plasma, CSF | Aβ42, pT181-tau, pS396-tau, total-tau | Tapiola et al., 2009; Goetzl et al., 2016; Xiao et al., 2017; Muraoka et al., 2020 |
| PD | Blood, CSF | α-syn, DJ-1 | Shi et al., 2014; Zhao et al., 2018 |
| HD | CSF | mHTT, Nf1, NSE | Ciancarelli et al., 2014; Wild et al., 2015; Byrne et al., 2017 |
| ALS | Plasma, CSF, serum | TDP-43, Nfl, p-Nfh, SOD1 | Kasai et al., 2009; Noto et al., 2011; Boylan et al., 2013 |
AD: Alzheimer’s disease; ALS: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Aβ42: amyloid-beta 42; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; HD: Huntington’s disease; mHTT: mutant huntingtin protein; NfL: neurofilament light chain; PD: Parkinson’s disease; p-NfH: phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain; pS396-Tau: Tau phosphorylated at S396; pT181-Tau: Tau phosphorylated at T181; SOD1: superoxide dismutase 1; TDP-43: transactive response DNA-bindingprotein 43 kDa; α-syn: α-synuclein.