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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2017

Distinct TDP-43 inclusion morphologies in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with and without amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Rachel H Tan, Yue Yang, Woojin S Kim, Carol Dobson-Stone, John B Kwok, Matthew C Kiernan, Glenda M Halliday

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Article in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rachel H TanBrain and Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia. rachel.tan1@sydney.edu.au.
Yue YangBrain and Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
Woojin S KimBrain and Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
Carol Dobson-StoneBrain and Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
John B KwokBrain and Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
Matthew C KiernanBrain and Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
Glenda M HallidayBrain and Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
University of Sydney · AUUNSW Sydney · AURoyal Prince Alfred Hospital · AU

Funding

Brain Tissue Resource Centre for Alcohol ResearchR28AA012725 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY · PI Greg Trevor Sutherland · 2012 to 2026
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NIAAA NIH HHS R28 AA012725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The identification of the TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) as the ubiquitinated cytoplasmic inclusions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) confirmed that these two diseases share similar mechanisms, likely to be linked to the abnormal hyperphosphorylation, ubiquitination and cleavage of pathological TDP-43. Importantly however, a quantitative analysis of TDP-43 inclusions in predilection cortical regions of FTLD, FTLD-ALS and ALS cases has not been undertaken. The present study set out to assess this and demonstrates that distinct TDP-43 inclusion morphologies exist in the anterior cingulate cortex, but not the motor cortex of FTLD and FTLD-ALS. Specifically, in the anterior cingulate cortex of FTLD cases, significant rounded TDP-43 inclusions and rare circumferential TDP-43 inclusions were identified. In contrast, FTLD-ALS cases revealed significant circumferential TDP-43 inclusions and rare rounded TDP-43 inclusions in the anterior cingulate cortex. Distinct TDP-43 inclusion morphologies in the anterior cingulate cortex of FTLD and FTLD-ALS may be linked to heterogeneity in the ubiquitination of pathological TDP-43 inclusions, with the present study providing evidence to suggest the involvement of distinct pathomechanisms in these two overlapping clinical syndromes.

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AgedAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisCohort StudiesDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleFrontotemporal Lobar DegenerationGyrus CinguliHumansInclusion BodiesMaleMotor CortexDNA-Binding ProteinsTARDBP protein, humanAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisFrontotemporal lobar degenerationMorphologyNeuronal cytoplasmic inclusionsTDP-43 pathology

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PMID29078806
PMCPMC5658959
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