Characterization of novel CSF Tau and ptau biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease.

Autor: Jere E Meredith, Sethu Sankaranarayanan, Valerie Guss, Anthony J Lanzetti, Flora Berisha, Robert J Neely, J Randall Slemmon, Erik Portelius, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Holly Soares, Michael Ahlijanian, Charles F Albright
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 10, p e76523 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076523
Popis: Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) Aβ42, tau and p181tau are widely accepted biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Numerous studies show that CSF tau and p181tau levels are elevated in mild-to-moderate AD compared to age-matched controls. In addition, these increases might predict preclinical AD in cognitively normal elderly. Despite their importance as biomarkers, the molecular nature of CSF tau and ptau is not known. In the current study, reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography was used to enrich and concentrate tau prior to western-blot analysis. Multiple N-terminal and mid-domain fragments of tau were detected in pooled CSF with apparent sizes ranging from
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