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ArticleScientific reports2015

Alternative application of Tau protein in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease diagnosis: Improvement for weakly positive 14-3-3 protein in the laboratory.

Jae Wook Hyeon, Su Yeon Kim, Jeongmin Lee, Jun Sun Park, Kyu Jam Hwang, Sol Moe Lee, SeongSoo A An, Myung Koo Lee, Young Ran Ju

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Jae Wook HyeonDivision of Zoonoses, Center for Immunology &Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do 28159, Korea.
Su Yeon KimDivision of Zoonoses, Center for Immunology &Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do 28159, Korea.
Jeongmin LeeDivision of Zoonoses, Center for Immunology &Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do 28159, Korea.
Jun Sun ParkDivision of Zoonoses, Center for Immunology &Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do 28159, Korea.
Kyu Jam HwangDivision of Zoonoses, Center for Immunology &Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do 28159, Korea.
Sol Moe LeeDivision of Zoonoses, Center for Immunology &Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do 28159, Korea.
SeongSoo A AnGachon BioNano Research Institute, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do 461-701, Korea.
Myung Koo LeeCollege of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea.
Young Ran JuDivision of Zoonoses, Center for Immunology &Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do 28159, Korea.
Chungbuk National University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 14-3-3 protein has been used as a biomarker for the diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). However, weakly positive 14-3-3 leads to false positive results and an incorrect diagnosis. We attempted to use quantitative data for tau protein to provide an accurate diagnosis based on weak 14-3-3 protein. Sixty-two patients with sCJD, including pathologically confirmed, clinically definite, and probable cases, and 89 non-CJD patients were investigated based on a Korean population. Among them, 20 sCJD and 14 non-CJD showed weakly positive 14-3-3. The total tau (t-tau) and phosphorylated tau (p-tau) protein levels were measured by ELISA, and the p-tau to t-tau ratio (p/t ratio) was calculated. The combined use of the 14-3-3 protein assay, t-tau levels, and p/t ratio improved the specificity of diagnosis compared with the use of the 14-3-3 protein assay alone (47% for 14-3-3 alone; 85.94% for 14-3-3 combined with t-tau; 90.62% for 14-3-3 combined with the p/t ratio). In addition, 18 of 20 sCJD and 12 of 14 non-CJD who were weakly positive for 14-3-3 were positive for the p/t ratio and negative for the p/t ratio, respectively. When used in combination with the 14-3-3 protein, the tau protein is useful as a biomarker for the precise diagnosis of sCJD.

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14-3-3 ProteinsAgedAsian PeopleBiomarkersCreutzfeldt-Jakob SyndromeEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhosphorylationSensitivity and Specificitytau Proteins14-3-3 ProteinsBiomarkerstau Proteins

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