VEGFA and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: The expression levels of VEGFA, mRNA, and CCL2 mRNA in ALS patients with respiratory dysfunction or definite ALS patients based on El Escorial criteria are higher than those without respiratory dysfunction or probable/possible ALS patients [135], suggesting that the changes in the expression levels of VEGFA, mRNA, and CCL2 mRNA may be disease progression biomarkers of sporadic ALS.