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Leila Motlagh Scholle1, Diana Lehmann2, Marcus Deschauer3
1Department of Neurology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany.
Abstract:
The diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases is still challenging due to clinical and genetical heterogeneity. The development of advanced technologies including Whole-Exome- Sequencing (WES) and Whole-Genome-Sequencing (WGS) has led to improvements in genetic diagnosis. However, a reliable biomarker in serum could enhance and ease the diagnosis and indeed reduce the need for muscle biopsy. Several studies suggest Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF-21) as a biomarker for diagnosis in mitochondrial disorders. It is known, that in patients with mitochondrial disorders, the expression of FGF-21 gets elevated in an effort to counteract the underlying metabolic deficiency. The growth and differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) has been described as a potential biomarker for mitochondrial diseases, too. In the present review, a literature research, using PubMed database about the reliability of FGF-21 as a biomarker for mitochondrial disorders and its comparison with GDF-15 has been performed.
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