Amyloid-specific T-cells differentiate Alzheimer's disease from Lewy body dementia.
Neurobiol Aging
; 33(11): 2599-611, 2012 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-22330173
Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies are the most common neurodegenerative dementias in old age. Accurate diagnosis of these conditions has important clinical implications because they tend to be confounded. In the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients amyloid-beta is produced in excess and deposited as plaques, forming the hallmark of this condition. Lymphocytes have been implicated in the process of amyloid-beta removal and inflammation occurrence. Here we investigated peripheral amyloid-beta1-42-specific T-cells by multicolor flow cytometry to simultaneously detect and characterize activation markers and cell signaling proteins (phospho-protein kinase C) in patients with Alzheimer's disease or Lewy body dementia and in healthy controls. Results indicate that only Alzheimer's disease patients display small subsets of peripheral amyloid-beta1-42-specific T-cells, characterized by bright expression of phosphorylated-protein kinase C-delta or -zeta whose significance although discussed, is far from being understood. The identification of such subsets, anyhow, may strongly contribute to distinguish Alzheimer's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies, opening possible new routes to early therapeutic strategies.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Linfocitos T
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Péptidos beta-Amiloides
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Enfermedad por Cuerpos de Lewy
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Enfermedad de Alzheimer
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurobiol Aging
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos