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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2020

Distinct molecular patterns of TDP-43 pathology in Alzheimer's disease: relationship with clinical phenotypes.

Sandra O Tomé, Rik Vandenberghe, Simona Ospitalieri, Evelien Van Schoor, Thomas Tousseyn, Markus Otto, Christine A F von Arnim, Dietmar Rudolf Thal

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Article in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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65 citing papers in PubMed, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sandra O ToméDepartment of Imaging and Pathology - Laboratory of Neuropathology, and Leuven Brain Institute, KU-Leuven, O&N IV, Herestraat 49, box 1032, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Rik VandenbergheDepartment of Neurosciences - Laboratory of Cognitive Neurology, KU- Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Simona OspitalieriDepartment of Imaging and Pathology - Laboratory of Neuropathology, and Leuven Brain Institute, KU-Leuven, O&N IV, Herestraat 49, box 1032, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Evelien Van SchoorDepartment of Imaging and Pathology - Laboratory of Neuropathology, and Leuven Brain Institute, KU-Leuven, O&N IV, Herestraat 49, box 1032, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Thomas TousseynDepartment of Imaging and Pathology - Translational Cell and Tissue Research Unit, KU-Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Markus OttoDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Christine A F von ArnimDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Dietmar Rudolf ThalDepartment of Imaging and Pathology - Laboratory of Neuropathology, and Leuven Brain Institute, KU-Leuven, O&N IV, Herestraat 49, box 1032, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. dietmar.thal@kuleuven.be.
KU Leuven · BEUniversitair Ziekenhuis Leuven · BEUniversität Ulm · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The co-existence of multiple pathologies and proteins is a common feature in the brains of cognitively impaired elderly individuals. Transactive response DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) has been discovered to accumulate in limbic brain regions of a portion of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, in addition to amyloid-β and τ protein. However, it is not yet known whether the TDP-43 species in the AD brain differ in their composition, when compared among different AD cases and to frontotemporal lobar degeneration cases with TDP-43 inclusions (FTLD-TDP). Furthermore, it is not known whether TDP-43 pathology in AD is related to symptoms of the frontotemporal dementia (FTD) spectrum. In this study, we investigated the molecular pattern of TDP-43 lesions with five different antibodies against different phosphorylated (pTDP-43) and non-phosphorylated TDP-43 epitopes. We analyzed a cohort of 97 autopsy cases, including brains from 20 non-demented individuals, 16 cognitively normal pathologically-defined preclinical AD (p-preAD), 51 neuropathologically-confirmed AD cases and 10 FTLD-TDP cases as positive controls. We observed distinct neuropathological patterns of TDP-43 among AD cases. In 11 neuropathologically-confirmed AD cases we found dystrophic neurites (DNs), neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions (NCIs) and/or neurofibrillary tangle (NFT)-like lesions not only positive for pTDP-43

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseBrainDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleFrontotemporal DementiaHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhenotypeDNA-Binding ProteinsTARDBP protein, humanAlzheimer’s disease (AD)Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)PhosphorylationProtein aggregationTDP-43

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