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Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of sAPPα and sAPPβ in Lewy Body and Alzheimer's Disease: Clinical and Neurochemical Correlates.
Document Type
Article
Source
International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2011, Vol. 2011, p1-6. 6p. 3 Charts.
Subject
*ALZHEIMER'S disease
*CHI-squared test
*LEWY body dementia
*LONGITUDINAL method
*PARKINSON'S disease
*PROTEINS
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*RESEARCH funding
*STATISTICS
*U-statistics
*DATA analysis
*CASE-control method
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Language
ISSN
2090-0252
Abstract
We measured cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of the soluble isoforms of amyloid precursor protein (APP; sAPPα sAPPβ) and other CSF biomarkers in 107 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), dementia with Lewy body dementia (DLB), Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), and normal controls (NC) using commercial kits. DLB and PDD were combined in a Lewy body dementia group (LBD). No differences were observed in sAPPα and sAPPβ levels between the groups. Significant correlations were observed between sAPPα and sAPPβ and between sAPPβ and Mini-Mental State Examination scores in the total group analysis as well as when LBD and AD groups were analyzed separately. sAPPα and sAPPβ levels correlated with Aβ38, Aβ40, Aβ42, and Tau in the LBD group. In AD, sAPPα correlated with p-Tau and sAPPβ with Aβ40. The differential association between sAPPα and sAPPβ with Aβ and Tau species between LBD and AD groups suggests a possible relationship with the underlying pathologies in LBD and AD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]