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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2016

Characterization of Amyloid-β Deposits in Bovine Brains.

Elena Vallino Costassa, Michele Fiorini, Gianluigi Zanusso, Simone Peletto, Pierluigi Acutis, Elisa Baioni, Cristiana Maurella, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Marcella Catania, Marina Gallo and 9 more

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Elena Vallino CostassaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Michele FioriniDipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche Biomediche e del Movimento, Universitá di Verona, Policlinico "G.B. Rossi" Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy.
Gianluigi ZanussoDipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche Biomediche e del Movimento, Universitá di Verona, Policlinico "G.B. Rossi" Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy.
Simone PelettoIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Pierluigi AcutisIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Elisa BaioniIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Cristiana MaurellaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Fabrizio TagliaviniIstituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy.
Marcella CataniaIstituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy.
Marina GalloIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Monica Lo FaroIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Maria Novella ChieppaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Daniela MeloniIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Antonio D'AngeloDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Sezione Clinica Medica, Universitá di Torino, Grugliasco (TO), Italy.
Orlando PacielloDipartimento di Patologia e Sanitá Animale, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy.
Roberta GhidoniLaboratorio Marcatori Molecolari, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli Brescia, Italy.
Elisa TonoliLaboratorio Marcatori Molecolari, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli Brescia, Italy.
Cristina CasaloneIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Cristiano CoronaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta · ITFondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta · ITGTx (United States) · USUniversity of Verona · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Turin · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyloid-β (Aβ) deposits are seen in aged individuals of many mammalian species that possess the same aminoacid sequence as humans. This study describes Aβ deposition in 102 clinically characterized cattle brains from animals aged 0 to 20 years. Extracellular and intracellular Aβ deposition was detected with 4G8 antibody in the cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum. X-34 staining failed to stain Aβ deposits, indicating the non β-pleated nature of these deposits. Western blot analysis and surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (SELDI-TOF) mass spectrometry revealed in Tris, Triton, and formic acid fractions the presence of different Aβ peptides, characterized mainly by C-terminally truncated forms. Exploration of the genetic variability of APOE, PSEN1, and PSEN2 genes involved in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis revealed several previously unreported polymorphisms. This study demonstrates certain similarities between Aβ deposition patterns exhibited in cattle brains and those in the human brain in early stages of aging. Furthermore, the identification of the same Aβ peptides reported in humans, but unable to form aggregates, supports the hypothesis that cattle may be protected against amyloid plaque formation.

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AgingAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsApolipoproteins EBlotting, WesternBrainCattleExtracellular SpaceGene FrequencyGenotyping TechniquesGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinImmunohistochemistryIntracellular SpaceNeurogliaNeuronsPolymorphism, GeneticAmyloid beta-PeptidesApolipoproteins EGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinPresenilin-1Presenilin-2Agingamyloid beta-proteincattleglial cells

Identifiers

PMID26890772
PMCPMC4927890
OpenAlexW2280073773

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