Kappa/Lambda light-chain typing in Alzheimer's Disease.
Curr Alzheimer Res
; 19(1): 84-93, 2022.
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| ID: mdl-35100957
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by memory loss and cognitive impairment. The diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease according to symptomatic events is still a puzzling task. Developing a biomarker-based, low-cost, and high-throughput test, readily applicable in clinical laboratories, dramatically impacts the rapid and reliable detection of the disease. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop an accurate, sensitive, and reliable screening tool for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, which can significantly reduce the cost and time of existing methods. METHODS: We have employed a MALDI-TOF-MS-based methodology combined with a microaffinity chromatography enrichment approach using affinity capture resins to determine serum kappa (κ) and lambda (λ) light chain levels in control and patients with AD. RESULTS: We observed a statistically significant difference in the kappa light chain over lambda light chain (κLC/λLC) ratios between patients with AD and controls (mean difference -0,409; % 95 CI:- 0.547 to -0.269; p<0.001). Our method demonstrated higher sensitivity (100.00%) and specificity (71.43%) for discrimination between AD and controls. CONCLUSION: We have developed a high-throughput screening test with a novel sample enrichment method for determining κLC/λLC ratios associated with AD diagnosis. Following further validation, we believe our test has the potential for clinical laboratories.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedad de Alzheimer
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Disfunción Cognitiva
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Curr Alzheimer Res
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2022
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Article
País de afiliación:
Turquía
Pais de publicación:
Emiratos Árabes Unidos