| Literature DB >> 28602012 |
Panagiotis Alexopoulos1,2, Lena-Sophie Gleixner3, Lukas Werle3,4, Felix Buhl3, Nathalie Thierjung3, Evangelia Giourou5, Simone M Kagerbauer6, Philippos Gourzis5, Hubert Kübler7, Timo Grimmer3, Igor Yakushev8, Jan Martin6, Alexander Kurz3, Robert Perneczky9,10,11,12.
Abstract
The established biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) require invasive endeavours or presuppose sophisticated technical equipment. Consequently, new biomarkers are needed. Here, we report that plasma levels of soluble amyloid precursor protein β (sAPPβ), a protein of the initial phase of the amyloid cascade, were significantly lower in patients with symptomatic AD (21 with mild cognitive impairment due to AD and 44 with AD dementia) with AD-typical cerebral hypometabolic pattern compared with 27 cognitively healthy elderly individuals without preclinical AD. These findings yield further evidence for the potential of sAPPβ in plasma as an AD biomarker candidate.Entities:
Keywords: Biomarker-underpinned diagnoses; Dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease; FDG-PET; Mild cognitive impairment; Soluble amyloid precursor protein β (sAPPβ); Upstream biomarkers
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28602012 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-017-0815-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci ISSN: 0940-1334 Impact factor: 5.270