FGF-21 as a Potential Biomarker for Mitochondrial Diseases

Title:FGF-21 as a Potential Biomarker for Mitochondrial Diseases

Volume: 25 Issue: 18

Author(s): Leila Motlagh Scholle*, Diana Lehmann, Marcus Deschauer, Torsten Kraya and Stephan Zierz

Affiliation:

• Department of Neurology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale,Germany

Keywords: FGF-21, Mitochondrial diseases, biomarker, GDF-15, COX, diagnosis.

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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Scholle Motlagh Leila*, Lehmann Diana, Deschauer Marcus, Kraya Torsten and Zierz Stephan, FGF-21 as a Potential Biomarker for Mitochondrial Diseases, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2018; 25 (18) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867325666180111094336