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Macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) in plasma and CSF of patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20455868     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) is a hematopoietic growth factor that activates microglial cells, involved in phagocytosis of amyloid-beta (Abeta) in the brain. In the present study, we found in 50 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) significantly increased M-CSF plasma levels compared to 22 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 35 age-matched healthy controls. In contrast, MCI patients showed significantly decreased M-CSF levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) compared to AD patients and 20 patients with other non-inflammatory neurological disease (NIND). Analyzing the impact of Beta-amyloid 1-42 (Abeta 1-42), tau protein and M-CSF for differentiation between the groups we found that M-CSF, but not Abeta 1-42 and tau-protein is a significant parameter for distinction between MCI and NIND patients with 68.8% sensitivity and 75.0% specificity. M-CSF CSF levels < or = 357.8 pg/ml yielded 73.7% sensitivity and 75.0% specificity for diagnosing MCI patients in comparison with control subjects. In conclusion, our data indicate that M-CSF in CSF could be a putative biomarker for MCI.
Authors:
C Laske; E Stransky; N Hoffmann; W Maetzler; G Straten; G W Eschweiler; T Leyhe
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current Alzheimer research     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1875-5828     ISO Abbreviation:  Curr Alzheimer Res     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-02     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101208441     Medline TA:  Curr Alzheimer Res     Country:  United Arab Emirates    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  409-14     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Osianderstr. 24, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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