... Importantly, this complements data from rat tissues showing that calcineurin is also expressed in neurons [14,15] RCAN1 gene expression is significant in several tissues, particularly human brain, spinal ... which is about twice as large as the RCAN1- 1S protein This is also much larger that has been described in other tissues (25–29 kDa) There are several possible explanations for this First, there ... FEBS 1717 RCAN1 in Alzheimersdisease C D Harris et al Fig RCAN1-1 is overexpressed in AD RCAN1-1L and RCAN1-4 protein expression was measured via western blot [a representative blot is shown...
... contributor or decorative response to Alzheimer'sdisease pathogenesis Neurobiol Aging 2004, 25:599-602; discussion 603-4 Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist can read your work free ... by Aβ was at least partially responsible for AD-associated degeneration, others had pointed to microglial phagocytosis as a desirable consequence of activation For the purposes of discussion, the ... expression of neurotrophic factors under many of the same conditions in which they show inflammationrelated responses such as phagocytosis, retraction of processes, release of excitotoxins, and...
... the levels of the two extreme groups Similar results were obtained when the analysis was carried out using LSS scores as proxy of status (p < 0.025, lowest vs highest LSS scores) As shown in ... Clin Invest 1999, 29:643-649 Foy CJ, Passmore AP, Vahidassr MD, Young IS, Lawson JT: Plasma chain-breaking antioxidants in Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and Parkinson 'sdisease QJM 1999, ... a second cognitive assessment 2.0 (0.2) [median (IQR/2)] years after the initial visit Of the 13 patients who came to autopsy, 12 were Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's disease...
... Psychological Disorders AlzheimersDisease and Other Dementias Psychological Disorders Addiction AlzheimersDisease and Other Dementias Anxiety Disorders Child Abuse and Stress Disorders Depression ... feelings, vision problems, etc Degenerative diseases like Huntington sdisease or other rare, usually genetically transmitted diseases may also cause dementia in adolescents This illness destroys ... in 23 24 AlzheimersDisease and Other Dementias Ten Warning Signs of AlzheimersDisease The Alzheimers Association has come up with a list of 10 warning signs of Alzheimersdisease that may...
... microtubule-associated protein that normally serves to assemble and stabilize microtubules Genetics and risk factors implicated in Alzheimersdisease pathogenesis Familial forms of AD, with an autosomal ... compilation ª 2010 FEBS O Philipson et al Animal models of Alzheimersdisease Fig AD pathogenesis according to the amyloid cascade hypothesis This theory suggests that altered metabolism of Ab, in particular ... models Access to good animal models is crucial to success in developing disease- modifying therapeutics However, AD neuropathology is incomplete in the Ab-expressing animal models discussed, and...
... neurons (Fig 7C), with a similar loss evident for all peptides Discussion Because extensive evidence supports a crucial role for Ab in Alzheimersdisease pathogenesis, there is huge interest in ... urea Mass spectrometry, amino acid analysis and sequencing Amino acid analysis was performed at the Amino Acid Analysis Center, University of Uppsala, Sweden Sequence analysis was performed using ... Applied Biosystems Procise 492 cLC sequenator (Applied Biosystems, Framingham, MA, USA) employing standard Edman chemistry, and MS analysis was undertaken using an LCQDECA LC ⁄ MS system (ThermoFinnigan,...
... neurological, psychiatric and neuropsychological assessments were reviewed in a consensus conference comprised of neurologists, psychiatrists, and neuropsychologists Based on this review all participants ... variability is not associated with the rate of progression of Alzheimersdisease [51,59,67] The study was designed to address a specific question regarding the role of APOE-4 in memory As a prerequisite, ... phrases from the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Evaluation [19] Abstract reasoning was evaluated using WAIS-R Similarities subtest [66], and the non-verbal Identities and Oddities subtest of the Mattis...
... characteristics Alzheimersis a progressive disease; this means that the condition continues to get worse over five to ten years Alzheimersdiseaseis listed as the cause of more than 100,000 deaths ... OF FOCUS: ALZHEIMERSDISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS THE COST OF ALZHEIMERSDISEASE As you can imagine, Alzheimersdiseaseis very expensive The cost of medical care for its victims is only ... characteristics As the stories above illustrate, the first signs of dementia are slight memory disturbances or subtle changes in personality Alzheimersis a progressive disease; this means that...
... 18 DeKosky S Early intervention is key to successful management of AlzheimerdiseaseAlzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2003;17(Suppl 4) :S9 9–104 19 Leifer BP Early diagnosis of Alzheimers disease: clinical ... Psychiatric Press, 2000 66 Morris JC, Mohs RC, Rogers H, et al Consortium to establish a registry for Alzheimersdisease (CERAD) clinical and neuropsychological assessment of Alzheimersdisease ... Mielke R, Heiss WD Positron emission tomography for diagnosis of Alzheimersdisease and vascular dementia J Neural Transm Suppl 1998;53:237–250 108 Alexopoulos GS Vascular disease, depression, and...
... is increased in cerebrospinal fluid in Alzheimersdisease but not Parkinson sdiseaseAlzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 8, 190–197 Hye A, Lynham S, Thambisetty M, Causevic M, Campbell J, Byers HL, Hooper ... al established, but the role for metal dyshomeostasis in all aspects is clear In the AD affected brain, metal dyshomeostasis is evident in the form of a substantial increase in the levels of ... di-tyrosine-mediated cross-linking of Ab peptides [16–18] This is consistent with the high di-tyrosine content observed in AD brain tissue [17] Oxidative stress within the AD brain is also closely...
... 2007 The Authors Journal compilation ª 2007 FEBS 3785 Therapy for prion disease and AD T Wisniewski and E M Sigurdsson species Transmissibility of prionoses between different species is generally ... or deposit in the cerebrovasculature A comparable entity in prion diseases consists of the proteinase K resistant scrapie form of the prion protein (PrPSc) that, in certain prion diseases, fibrillizes ... of forming amyloid deposits The presence of amyloid deposits is necessary for making the diagnosis CONFORMATIONAL DISORDERS AlzheimersDisease Mainly Random Coil Monomers Non-Toxic PrPC Aβ Plaque...
... characterize c-secretase The advantage of this assay over existing systems is that it allows the isolation of cells with stable differences in c-secretase activity We established that the differences in ... fluorescence We show the application of this assay to the testing of c-secretase inhibitors and PS1 mutants This assay allows for the first time the selection of cell populations and single cells ... 50-fold) was the same for both assays This is consistent with previous reports [32–34] and suggests that the same proteolytic machinery produces Ab and the C-terminal cytosolic fragment Differences in...
... treating Alzheimersdisease In 1984, the first clinical criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimersdisease was published, and the first five AlzheimersDisease Research Centers were established with ... from whatAlzheimersDisease 31 neuropathologists are now confirming as Alzheimersdisease (Consensus recommendations for the postmortem diagnosis of Alzheimersdisease The National Institute ... Massachusetts AlzheimersDisease Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA Preface This book provides a comprehensive review of Alzheimersdisease and other dementias from...
... ELISA in the same set of tissues as dot blots [6] Immunohistochemistry Immunohistochemical staining was performed on 20-lM formalin-fixed frozen sections (two AD cases, and two control cases) ... related diseases, and various forms of a-synuclein associated with Parkinson disease and synucleinopathies [27] Taken together with the findings that mTOR phosphorylated at the Ser2481 site has a significant ... Foundation, SADF (Insamlingsstiftelsen for ¨ Alzheimer- och Demensforskning), Socialstyrelsens Stiftelser, Stiftelsen for Alderssjukdomar, and Svenska ¨ ˚ Lakaresallskapet ¨ ¨ FEBS Journal 272...
... community-based mean values In the present study the cognitive assessment also included the AlzheimersDisease Assessment Scale (ADAS-cog 85 points), clock test, cube copying test and A Quick Test of ... and a specificity of 87% in a large MCI study population [15] Statistics Statistical analysis was performed using the PASW software (former SPSS software, version 17.0.1 for Windows, SPSS Inc., ... dysfunction Abbreviations Ab: b-amyloid; AD: Alzheimers disease; ADAS-cog: AlzheimersDisease Assessment Scale; APOE: apolipoprotein E; AQT: A Quick Test of cognitive speed; CSF: cerebrospinal...
... aberrations in synapse composition, shape, and density provide a molecular basis for loss of connectivity in Alzheimersdisease J Neurosci 27, 796–807 Cleary JP, Walsh DM, Hofmeister JJ, Shankar ... models and human disease, it is still interesting and important to reflect upon these observations and to try to provide explanations A comparison between APP transgenic models and the human disease ... laboratory; for specificity, see Fig S3 ), was added and incubated for h at RT Subsequent steps were performed in the same way as for the mAb158 protofibril ELISA Statistical analysis The Morris water maze...
... Butyrylcholinesterase is also present in neurofibrillary tangles In Alzheimersdisease the expression of butyrylcholinesterase increases substantially in Alzheimersdisease patient s brain [47] ... processes in Alzheimers disease: role of Ab–AChE complexes and Wnt signaling In Cholinergic Mechanism Function and Dysfunction (Silman I, Soreq H, Anglister L, Michaelson D & Fisher A, eds), ... Mesulam MM (1993) Protease inhibitors and indolamines selectively inhibit cholinesterases in the histopathologic structures of Alzheimersdisease Ann NY Acad Sci 695, 65–68 Nakamura S, Kawashima...
... caspases The striking similarity between the substrates for caspases and calpains raises the possibility that both protease families contribute to structural dysregulation and functional loss ... astrocytes These findings suggest that calpain is involved in Ca2+-mediated apoptosis in astrocytes In this model of astrocyte apoptosis, translocation of the NF-kB p65 subunit to the nucleus is ... isoforms, whereas MAP1A and MAP1B sequential proteolysis results from caspase and calpain activation This work confirms the cross-talk between caspase and calpain and identifies a novel mechanism associated...
... presentation or history of depression is atypical or complex (Lyketsos & Lee) Since administering assessment tests for depression to AlzheimersDisease patients is often challenging (Warshaw, ... University Scale for Psychopathology in Alzheimers Disease, is brief and effective in assessing psychotic symptoms, but is not appropriate for assessing changes in severity of symptoms (Devanand, ... conditions, functional status, cognitive status, and behavioral symptoms, including possible psychotic symptoms and depression The assessment should also address the patient s support system and decision-making...
... Alzheimersdisease Donald R Royall Glycosaminoglycan mimetics in Alzheimersdisease 63 Francine Gervais, Denis Garceau, Paul S Aisen, and Serge Gauthier Immunotherapy for Alzheimersdisease ... De Santi S, Zinkowski R, et al MRI and CSF studies in the early diagnosis of Alzheimersdisease J Int Med 2004;256:205–223 Citron M Strategies for disease modification in Alzheimersdisease ... Alzheimers disease: Correlation with cognitive severity Ann Neurol 1990;27:457–464 Terry RD, Masliah E, Salmon DP, et al Physical basis of cognitive alterations in Alzheimers disease: synapse loss is...