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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2021

In vivo Characterization of Biochemical Variants of Amyloid-β in Subjects with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathological Change.

Sylwia Libard, Jochen Walter, Irina Alafuzoff

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sylwia LibardDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Jochen WalterDepartment of Neurology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Irina AlafuzoffDepartment of Pathology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
University of Bonn · DEUppsala University · SEUppsala University Hospital · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStepwise occurrence of biochemically modified amyloid-β (Aβ) in the brain of subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been suggested to be of significance for cognitive impairment. Our previous reports have shown that Aβ is observed in 63% of all subjects with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) suggesting that the majority of iNPH subjects with Aβ are indeed also suffering from AD.

objectiveWe assessed the occurrence of biochemically modified Aβ variants, in vivo, in subjects with iNPH and in a cohort of postmortem brain samples from patients with dementia.

methodsWe assessed Aβ proteins in 127 diagnostic brain biopsies obtained from subjects with iNPH and in a cohort of subjects with dementia by means of immunohistochemistry.

resultsThe pyroglutamylated Aβ (pyAβ) precedes the aggregation of phosphorylated Aβ (pAβ) during the AD neuropathological change progression; moreover, these modified variants of Aβ correlate with hyperphosphorylated tau in the frontal cortical area of human brain. Our results confirm the existence of the suggested biochemical stages of Aβ aggregation that might be of significance for neurodegeneration leading to cognitive impairment.

conclusionThe observation that both pyAβ and pAβ are seen in vivo in iNPH subjects is intriguing. It has been reported that most of the iNPH subjects with Aβ in the brain biopsy indeed develop AD with time. Based on our current and previous results, it is clinically merited to obtain a diagnostic biopsy from a subject with iNPH. When Aβ is observed in the biopsy, the biochemical characterization is of interest.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesBrainFemaleHumansHydrocephalus, Normal PressureMaleAmyloid beta-PeptidesAlzheimer’s disease neuropathologic changeamyloid-βbiochemical variantsidiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

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