scholarly journals Alpha-2 macroglobulin in Alzheimer’s disease: a marker of neuronal injury through the RCAN1 pathway

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
V R Varma ◽  
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S Varma ◽  
Y An ◽  
T J Hohman ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timo Grimmer ◽  
Oliver Goldhardt ◽  
Igor Yakushev ◽  
Marion Ortner ◽  
Christian Sorg ◽  
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Background: Neprilysin (NEP) cleaves amyloid-β 1–42 (Aβ42) in the brain. Hence, we aimed to elucidate the effect of NEP on Aβ42 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and on in vivo brain amyloid load using amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) with [11C]PiB (Pittsburgh compound B). In addition, associations with the biomarkers for neuronal injury, CSF-tau and FDG-PET, were investigated. Methods: Associations were calculated using global and voxel-based (SPM8) linear regression analyses in the same cohort of 23 highly characterized Alzheimer’s disease patients. Results: CSF-NEP was significantly inversely associated with CSF-Aβ42 and positively with the extent of neuronal injury as measured by CSF-tau and FDG-PET. Conclusions: Our results on CSF-NEP are compatible with the assumption that local degradation, amongst other mechanisms of amyloid clearance, plays a role in the development of Alzheimer’s pathology. In addition, CSF-NEP is associated with the extent and the rate of neurodegeneration.


2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppina Amadoro ◽  
Veronica Corsetti ◽  
Giulia Maria Sancesario ◽  
Adele Lubrano ◽  
Gaia Melchiorri ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (7S_Part_8) ◽  
pp. P436-P436
Author(s):  
James D. Doecke ◽  
Qiao-Xin Li ◽  
Pierrick Bourgeat ◽  
Christopher Fowler ◽  
Steven Collins ◽  
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Author(s):  
Nelly Joseph‐Mathurin ◽  
Yi Su ◽  
Tyler M. Blazey ◽  
Mateusz Jasielec ◽  
Andrei Vlassenko ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 101949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonie Beyer ◽  
Jonas Schnabel ◽  
Philipp Kazmierczak ◽  
Michael Ewers ◽  
Sonja Schönecker ◽  
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