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Biomarker and Biochemical Testing
An ideal biomarker plays an essential role in the early diagnosis, prediction and therapeutic monitoring of a specific disease, reflecting the burden of the disease for the patients.
Using a biomarker either as a diagnosis tool for lysosomal storage diseases, or in regular monitoring of the disease progression, can be of high clinical value for the patients. Biomarkers bring rationality in the treatment of patients with rare diseases, and can be used as a measure of the therapy efficacy and even as a guide for therapy dosage.
Biomarkers transform the management of lysosomal storage disorders (LSD)
CENTOGENE's biomarker pipeline reflects the increasing demand for highly sensitive, superior biomarkers for individual therapy monitoring in the orphan drug market.
Benefits of CENTOGENE’s biomarkers
Analytical superiority
Clinical superiority
CENTOGENE’s biomarkers
- Easy to be analyzed using DBS (dried blood spots) technology
- Linked to clinical manifestation
- Quantify easily and reliably in clinical samples
- Reflect realistically the burden of the disease
- Elucidate the molecular pathogenesis of the disease
- Reflect the therapeutic measure outcomes
Tandem mass-spectrometry (MRM-MS) technology
- Proven expertise in the identification of new biomarkers, validated in epidemiological clinical trials
- Established MS-based biomarker tests for Gaucher, Niemann-Pick disease type C, Fabry and Farber's disease
- Optimized and facilitated sample logistics with our CE-labeled filter cards, CentoCard®
Downloads for biomarker and biochemical testing
CENTOGENE works alongside academic and industrial partners, as well as patient organizations to develop new diagnostic assays and biomarkers that can improve the condition and prospects of patients affected by lysosomal storage disorders.
Application of CENTOGENE’s CE-labeled biomarkers
CentoGaucher, CentoFabry, CentoFarber and CentoNPC are the first CE-labeled test methods for exact measuring the biomarker in Gaucher, Fabry, Farber's disease as well as Niemann-Pick disease type C. They are developed as easy and fast screening techniques for measuring the biomarker levels in affected patients based on tandem mass spectrometry (MRM-MS).
Using the example of Gaucher disease, CentoGaucher measures the biomarker level of the lyso-glucosylsphingosine (lyso-Gb1) concentration in Gaucher patients. Lyso-Gb1 reflects perfectly the severity of the disease, correlates with the progress and reflects the extent of improvement once the patients are set on treatment.
Lyso-Gb1 demonstrates the highest sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis and monitoring of Gaucher disease (Rolfs et al. 2013). High lyso-Gb1 levels indicate a disease crisis. In this particular case, a bone crisis was present in 3/2015 and 7/2015. ▼
A significant increase of lyso-Gb1 level demonstrated that the dosage of the enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) had to be adjusted. After ERT adjustment, the lyso-Gb1 level decreased to an almost normal level.
CENTOGENE has developed targeted biomarker ID cards which allow the continuous documentation of lyso-Gb1 levels in your patients. Only regular monitoring of the lyso-Gb1 level (recommended each quarter) will ensure an effective dosage under enzyme replacement therapy in your Gaucher patients.
Scientific articles
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Diagnostic Utility of Biomarkers
Classification of genomic variants in a disease context is a highly formalized process, which benefits from diverse types of information. At CENTOGENE, this routinely involves the quantification of disease-specific biomarkers in a patient sample. The utility of this approach for deriving an…
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A new biomarker function for a long-known hormone
Adiponectin is a hormone with well-known relevance to cardiac and renal function. As Fabry disease (FD), a rare metabolic disorder, often manifests with cardiac and/or renal symptoms, researchers at CENTOGENE examined a potential link to adiponectin. Their finding of plasma adiponectin levels to…
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An unusual Gaucher family
A family in which all individuals over two generations suffer from an unexplained phenotype was recently referred to CENTOGENE for diagnostic workup. Comprehensive biochemical and genomic screening revealed the presence of four distinct GBA gene genotypes, each leading to Gaucher disease. This…