Citations
2 citation(s) found for "Wiedau, Martina".
Quantitative Measures of Time to Loss of 15% Vital Capacity and Survival Extension in Slowly Progressive Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Patients Treated with the Immune Regulator NP001 Suggests an Immunopathogenic Subset of ALS
Goyal, Namita , Wiedau, Martina, Kasarskis, Edward J. , Forrest, B. D. , Zhang, Rongzhen , Bracci, Paige M. , Davis, Matthew W., Azhir, Ari, McGrath, Michael S. , Goyal, Namita A , Oskarsson, Björn E, Forrest, Bruce D , Bracci, Paige M. , McGrath, Michael S , Andrews, Jinsy , Oskarsson, Björn , Wiedau‐Pazos, Martina , Davis, Matthew W.
Biomedicines | December 12, 2025 | Volume: 13 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 3060
10.3390/biomedicines13123060
| PMID 41463070
Background/Objectives: Overall survival in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is linked to the rate of predicted respiratory vital capacity (PVC) loss. The objective of this study was to test whether changes in quantitative PVC measures over time linked to survival would define an immunopathogenic subset of ALS responsive to NP001, a regulator of innate immunity. Methods: In a retrospective study, data from intent-to-treat (ITT) population of two phase 2 trials of NP001 were evaluated for over time changes in PVC, time-to-event (TTE) loss of 15% PVC and PVC change from baseline, as linked to survival outcomes in patients treated with NP001 vs placebo. Results: Treatment with NP001 was associated with a significantly lower risk compared to placebo in the loss of 15% PVC over six months (p = 0.01; HR = 0.60, 95% CI: 0.39, 0.90). Data from the two trials were subsequently divided by a disease progression rate (DPR) value of 0.50 units of ALSFRS-R score lost per month for analysis of slow vs. rapid disease. In ALS patients with slowly progressive disease (DPR < 0.50), TTE PVC changes from baseline were slowed (p < 0.0005) and overall survival extended significantly (18.5 months) in NP001-treated vs. placebo groups. The rapidly progressive ALS patients (DPR ≥ 0.50) treated with NP001 showed no significant difference in PVC change or survival from the placebo group. Conclusions: These hypothesis-generating observations suggest that inflammation might play a significant role in the loss of respiratory function in a major subset of ALS patients.
Common and rare variant association analyses in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology
Rheenen, Wouter van , Spek, Rick van der, Berg, Leonard van den, Hop, Paul , Zwamborn, Ramona, Klein, Niek de , Westra, Harm-Jan , Bakker, Olivier, Shireby, Gemma , Dolzhenko, Egor, Dekker, Annelot, Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs, Eijk, Kristel van , Kooyman, Maarten , Doherty, Mark, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Cooper‐Knock, Johnathan , Smith, Bradley , Chandran, Siddharthan , Morrison, Karen, Shaw, Pamela, Hardy, John , Orrell, Richard, Basak, Nazli, Ratti, Antonia, Pinter, Guiseppe Lauria, D'Alfonso, Sandra, Soraru, Gianni, Padovani, Alessandro , Moglia, Cristina, Brunetti, Maura, Canosa, Antonio, Grassano, Maurizio, Nefussy, Beatrice, Nordin, Angelica, Lerner, Yossef, Zabari, Michal, Baloh, Robert, Bell, Shaugn, Vourc'h, Patrick, Corcia, Philippe, Couratier, Philippe, Meininger, Vincent, Salachas, Francois, Pardina, Jesús Mora, Assialioui, Abdelilah , Rojas‐García, Ricardo , Dion, Patrick, Ludolph, Albert, Weishaupt, Jochen, Brenner, David, Freischmidt, Axel , Bensimon, Gilbert , Durr, Alexandra, Payan, Christine, Saker-Delye, Safa, Wood, Nicholas , Rademakers, Rosa, Tittmann, Lukas, Lieb, Wolfgang, Braun, Alice, Hofman, Albert, Cichon, Sven , Traynor, Bryan, Singleton, Andrew, Neto, Miguel Mitne, Ophoff, Roel, Wiedau-Pazos, Martina, Lomen-Hoerth, Catherine, Rödiger, Annekathrin, Jörk, Alexander, Barthel, Tabea, Theele, Erik, Ilse, Berjamin, Stubendorff, Beatrice, Witte, Otto W. , Hübner, Christian, Graff, Caroline , Brylev, Lev, Fominykh, Vera, Demeshonok, Vera, Ataulina, Anastasia , Koritnik, Blaž , Zidar, Janez , Ravnik-Glavač, Metka, Glavač, Damjan, Stević, Zorica, Drory, Vivian, Povedano, Mónica, Henderson, Robert , Furlong, Sarah , McCombe, Pamela, Ngo, Shyuan, Steyn, Frederik, Mather, Karen A. , Sachdev, Perminder S. , Henders, Anjali, Carvalho, Mamede de, Petri, Susanne, Weber, Markus , Glass, Jonathan D. , Brown, Robert, Landers, John, Garton, Fleur, McRae, Allan, Mill, Jonathan , Kenna, Kevin, Runz, Heiko, Franke, Lude , Damme, Philip Van , Gaur, Nayana , Steyn, Frederik J. , Landers, John E. , Westra, Harm-Jan , Steyn, F J , Cichon, Sven , Sachdev, Perminder S , Van Damme, Philip , Hardy, John , Padovani, Alessandro , Graff, Caroline , Spek, Rick A. A. van der , Bakker, Mark K. , Veldink, Jan H. , Vugt, Joke J.F.A. van , Zwamborn, Ramona A.J. , Deelen, Patrick , Hannon, Eilís , Moisse, Matthieu , Baird, Denis A. , Restuadi, Restuadi , Gawor, Klara , Westeneng, Henk‐Jan , Byrne, Ross Patrick , Heverin, Mark , Khleifat, Ahmad Al , Iacoangeli, Alfredo , Shatunov, Aleksey , Ticozzi, Nicola , Gromicho, Marta , Pal, Suvankar , Orrell, Richard W., Sendtner, Michael , Meyer, Thomas , Basak, Nazli A., Kooi, Anneke J. van der , Ratti, Antonia , Fogh, Isabella , Gellera, Cinzia , Corti, Stefania Paola , Cereda, Cristina , Sproviero, Daisy , D’Alfonso, Sandra , Siciliano, Gabriele , Filosto, Massimiliano , Chiò, Adriano , Calvo, Andrea , Moglia, Cristina , Brunetti, Maura , Canosa, Antonio , Grassano, Maurizio , Beghi, Ettore , Pupillo, Elisabetta , Logroscino, Giancarlo , Osmanovic, Alma , Nordin, Angelica , Lerner, Yossef, Zabari, Michal, Gotkine, Marc , Vourc’h, Patrick , Corcia, Philippe , Couratier, Philippe , Millecamps, Stéphanie , Meininger, Vincent, Salachas, François, Ross, Jay P. , Ludolph, Albert, Brice, Alexis , Dürr, Alexandra , Saker-Delye, Safaa, Wood, Nicholas , Topp, Simon , Rademakers, Rosa , Tittmann, Lukas , Franke, André , Ripke, Stephan , Braun, Alice , Kraft, Julia , Whiteman, David C. , Olsen, Catherine M. , Uitterlinden, André G. , Hofman, Albert, Rietschel, Marcella , Nöthen, Markus M. , Amouyel, Philippe , Traynor, Bryan J. , Singleton, Andrew, Cauchi, Ruben J. , Ophoff, Roel A. , Lomen‐Hoerth, Catherine , Deerlin, Vivianna M. Van , Großkreutz, Julian , Rödiger, Annekathrin, Jörk, Alexander, Barthel, Tabea, Theele, Erik, Steinbach, Robert , Hübner, Christian, Fominykh, Vera , Demeshonok, Vera, Rogelj, Boris , Drory, Vivian, Blair, Ian P. , Kiernan, Matthew C. , Benyamin, Beben , Mathers, Susan , Needham, Merrilee , Ngo, Shyuan T. , Nicholson, Garth A. , Pamphlett, Roger , Rowe, Dominic B. , Williams, Kelly L. , Wallace, Leanne M. , Carvalho, Mamede A. de , Pinto, Susana , Petri, Susanne , Rouleau, Guy Armand , Silani, Vincenzo , Curtis, Charles J. C. , Breen, Gerome , Brown, Robert, Shaw, Christopher E. , Andersen, Peter Munch , Groen, Ewout J. N. , Es, Michael A. van , Pasterkamp, R. Jeroen , Fan, Dongsheng , Smith, George Davey , Gaunt, Tom R. , Eberle, Michael A. , McLaughlin, Russell L. , Hardiman, Orla , Wray, Naomi , Tsai, Ellen A. , Runz, Heiko , Al‐Chalabi, Ammar
No container title available | March 18, 2021 | Volume: No volume available | Issue: No issue available | Pages: No page available
Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with a life-time risk of 1 in 350 people and an unmet need for disease-modifying therapies. We conducted a cross-ancestry GWAS in ALS including 29,612 ALS patients and 122,656 controls which identified 15 risk loci in ALS. When combined with 8,953 whole-genome sequenced individuals (6,538 ALS patients, 2,415 controls) and the largest cortex-derived eQTL dataset (MetaBrain), analyses revealed locus-specific genetic architectures in which we prioritized genes either through rare variants, repeat expansions or regulatory effects. ALS associated risk loci were shared with multiple traits within the neurodegenerative spectrum, but with distinct enrichment patterns across brain regions and cell-types. Of the environmental and life-style risk factors obtained from literature, Mendelian randomization analyses indicated a causal role for high cholesterol levels. All ALS associated signals combined reveal a role for perturbations in vesicle mediated transport and autophagy, and provide evidence for cell-autonomous disease initiation in glutamatergic neurons.