Detection of Misfolded Aβ Oligomers for Sensitive Biochemical Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Citazione:
Detection of Misfolded Aβ Oligomers for Sensitive Biochemical Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease / N. Salvadores, M. Shahnawaz, E. Scarpini, F. Tagliavini, C. Soto. - In: CELL REPORTS. - ISSN 2211-1247. - 7:1(2014), pp. 261-268. [10.1016/j.celrep.2014.02.031]
Abstract:
Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis is hampered by the lack of early, sensitive, and objective laboratory tests. We describe a sensitive method for biochemical diagnosis of AD based on specific detection of misfolded Aβ oligomers, which play a central role in AD pathogenesis. The protein misfolding cyclic amplification assay (Aβ-PMCA), exploits the functional property of Aβ oligomers to seed the polymerization of monomeric Aβ. Aβ-PMCA allowed detection of as little as 3 fmol of Aβ oligomers. Most importantly, using cerebrospinal fluid, we were able to distinguish AD patients from control individuals affected by a variety of other neurodegenerative disorders or nondegenerative neurological diseases with overall sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 92%. These findings provide the proof-of-principle basis for developing a highly sensitive and specific biochemical test for AD diagnosis.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Medicine (all)
Elenco autori:
N. Salvadores, M. Shahnawaz, E. Scarpini, F. Tagliavini, C. Soto
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