Clinical Study

Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Table 3

CSF biomarkers.

ProteinAbbreviationMean detection limitManufacturer

Neurofilament light chainNFL31 pg/mLUman Diagnostics, Umeå, Sweden
Total taut-tau12 pg/mLInvitrogen, Camarillo, Calif, USA
Phosphorylated tau181p-tau18110 pg/mLInvitrogen, Camarillo, Calif, USA
Amyloid- A 10 pg/mLInvitrogen, Camarillo, Calif, USA
Tumour necrosis factor αTNF-α0.106 pg/mLQuantikine HS, R&D Systems,
Minneapolis, Minn, USA
Transforming growth factor β1TGFβ14.61 pg/mLQuantikine HS, R&D Systems,
Minneapolis, Minn, USA
Vascular endothelial growth factor-165VEGF5 pg/mLInvitrogen, Camarillo, Calif, USA

NFL: neurofilament light chain, t-tau: total tau, p-tau181: phosphorylated tau181, A : amyloid- , TNF-α: tumour necrosis factor-α, TGFβ1: transforming growth factor β1, and VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor.