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Blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: challenging but feasible.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20387303     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Blood-based biomarkers present a considerable challenge: technically, as blood is a complex tissue and conceptually, as blood lacks direct contact with brain. Nonetheless, increasing evidence suggests that there is a blood protein signature, and possibly a transcript signature, that might act to increase confidence in diagnosis, be used to predict progression in either disease or prodromal states, and that may also be used to monitor disease progression. Evidence for this optimism comes partly from candidate protein studies, including those suggesting that amyloid-beta measures might have value in prediction and those studies of inflammatory markers that consistently show change in Alzheimer's disease, and partly from true proteomics studies that are beginning to identify markers in blood that replicate across studies and populations.
Authors:
Madhav Thambisetty; Simon Lovestone
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biomarkers in medicine     Volume:  4     ISSN:  1752-0363     ISO Abbreviation:  Biomark Med     Publication Date:  2010 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-13     Completed Date:  2010-05-03     Revised Date:  2012-03-08    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101312535     Medline TA:  Biomark Med     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  65-79     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Personality & Cognition, Intramural Research Program, National Institue on Aging, NIH, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Alzheimer Disease / blood*,  diagnosis,  genetics
Amyloid beta-Peptides / blood
Apolipoproteins E / genetics
Biological Markers / blood*
C-Reactive Protein / metabolism
Genetic Markers
Homocysteine / blood
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Proteomics
RNA / blood,  genetics
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
Z99 AG999999/AG/NIA NIH HHS; //Medical Research Council; //Wellcome Trust
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amyloid beta-Peptides; 0/Apolipoproteins E; 0/Biological Markers; 0/Genetic Markers; 454-28-4/Homocysteine; 63231-63-0/RNA; 9007-41-4/C-Reactive Protein

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