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ArticleScientific reports2016

Rationalising the role of Keratin 9 as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease.

Joanna L Richens, Hannah L Spencer, Molly Butler, Fiona Cantlay, Kelly-Ann Vere, Nin Bajaj, Kevin Morgan, Paul O'Shea

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joanna L RichensCell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Hannah L SpencerCell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Molly ButlerCell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Fiona CantlayCell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Kelly-Ann VereCell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Nin BajajDepartment of Neurology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Kevin MorganSchool of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Paul O'SheaCell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
University of Nottingham · GBNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council 1001500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Keratin 9 was recently identified as an important component of a biomarker panel which demonstrated a high diagnostic accuracy (87%) for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Understanding how a protein which is predominantly expressed in palmoplantar epidermis is implicated in AD may shed new light on the mechanisms underlying the disease. Here we use immunoassays to examine blood plasma expression patterns of Keratin 9 and its relationship to other AD-associated proteins. We correlate this with the use of an in silico analysis tool VisANT to elucidate possible pathways through which the involvement of Keratin 9 may take place. We identify possible links with Dickkopf-1, a negative regulator of the wnt pathway, and propose that the abnormal expression of Keratin 9 in AD blood and cerebrospinal fluid may be a result of blood brain barrier dysregulation and disruption of the ubiquitin proteasome system. Our findings suggest that dysregulated Keratin 9 expression is a consequence of AD pathology but, as it interacts with a broad range of proteins, it may have other, as yet uncharacterized, downstream effects which could contribute to AD onset and progression.

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Signal TransductionAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesApolipoproteins EBiomarkersBlood-Brain BarrierCohort StudiesComputational BiologyFemaleHumansImmunoassayIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKeratin-9MaleAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-42)Apolipoproteins EBiomarkersDKK1 protein, humanIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKeratin-9Peptide FragmentsProteasome Endopeptidase Complextau Proteins

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PMID26973255
PMCPMC4789650
OpenAlexW2301894725

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