BIOMARKERS FOR ALS

摘要

Provided are methods for diagnosing sporadic and familial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ("ALS") that detect conformers or conformer patterns of the copper-zinc superoxide dismutase-1 ("SOD-1") enzyme that are common to sporadic or familial ALS individuals but distinct from SOD-1 conformers of normal individuals. Methods of identifying candidate drugs that modulate SOD-1 conformer formation also are provided.