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. 2021 Sep 27;15:689938. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.689938

TABLE 3.

NfPs and fragments as biomarkers in conditions affecting nervous system.

Conditions Association of NF subunit level with
Association of NF subunit level with
References
NfL pNfH (smi35)
NfH (smi31 and others)
B C B C B C Disease activity Prognosis Treatment response
Acute bacterial meningitis + Gronhoj et al., 2021
Anesthesia and surgery + Evered et al., 2018
Anorexia nervosa + Nilsson et al., 2019
Autoimmune encephalitis + + yes Kortvelyessy et al., 2018; Fominykh et al., 2019; Piepgras et al., 2021
Brain metastasis and glioma + yes yes Hepner et al., 2019
Cardiac arrest + yes yes Moseby-Knappe et al., 2019
Cerebral small vessel disease + yes yes Egle et al., 2021; Qu et al., 2021
Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment + yes Natori et al., 2015
Chorea-acanthocytosis + yes Peikert et al., 2020
Diabetic neuropathy + Qiao et al., 2015
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy + yes Douglas-Escobar et al., 2010
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus + Jeppsson et al., 2013
Intrapartum asphyxia + yes Toorell et al., 2018
Mcleod syndrome + Peikert et al., 2020
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes + yes Zheng et al., 2021
Mitochondrial encephalopathy + yes yes Sofou et al., 2019
MOG-Abs-associated disorders + Sara et al., 2021
Neurosarcoidosis + + Byg et al., 2021
Peri/intraventricular hemorrhage + + yes yes Goeral et al., 2021
Postoperative delirium + Casey et al., 2019
Preeclampsia + yes yes Evers et al., 2018
Preterm infants + Depoorter et al., 2018
Sepsis-associated encephalopathy + yes yes Ehler et al., 2019
Severe COVID-19 + Sutter et al., 2021
Thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation + yes yes Nishida et al., 2014
Wilson’s disease + yes Shribman et al., 2021
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy + yes yes Weinhofer et al., 2021

B, blood; C, CSF.