| Two distinct ubiquitin immunoreactive senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease: relationship with the intellectual status in 29 cases. | |
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PMID: 8396836 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The aim of this study was the analysis of the development of neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and senile plaques (SP) during aging and senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. The lesions stained by ubiquitin, tau and beta A4 antibodies were studied in Brodmann's area 22 (superior temporal gyrus) in 29 cases. Samples were from a group of women over 75 years of age, psychometrically assessed and either normal or affected by Alzheimer's disease at various degrees of severity. NFT were less numerous when revealed by ubiquitin than by tau antibodies, suggesting that ubiquitin immunoreactivity appeared later in the course of the disease. Ubiquitin immunoreactive (IR) SP were made of clusters of IR neurites usually organized around a central amyloid core. Two types of ubiquitin-IR SP were designated. "Globular neurite SP" contained weakly immunostained globular neurites. They were densest in the least affected cases. However, they were not seen in every normal or lightly affected case, and were always present in the most affected ones. The density of these globular neurite SP was not significantly correlated with the severity of dementia, nor with the density of the lesions stained by tau antibodies (neuritic component of SP, NFT and neuropil threads) or by beta A4 antibodies (diffuse or dense deposits). The "curly neurite" type of SP contained curly neurites strongly immunostained by ubiquitin antibodies. They exhibited the highest density in the most affected cases, where they were always present. They were lacking in the least affected cases. They were always found together with the globular neurite SP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
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Authors:
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Y He; P Delaère; C Duyckaerts; M Wasowicz; F Piette; J J Hauw |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Acta neuropathologica Volume: 86 ISSN: 0001-6322 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Neuropathol. Publication Date: 1993 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1993-10-08 Completed Date: 1993-10-08 Revised Date: 2007-11-09 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0412041 Medline TA: Acta Neuropathol Country: GERMANY |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 109-16 Citation Subset: IM |
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Laboratoire de Neuropathologie R. Escourolle, INSERM U360, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France. |
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Aged Aged, 80 and over Alzheimer Disease / immunology, pathology*, psychology Amyloid beta-Protein / immunology Female Humans Immunohistochemistry Intelligence Tests* Neurites / ultrastructure Neurofibrillary Tangles / pathology Prospective Studies Ubiquitins / immunology, metabolism* tau Proteins / immunology |
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0/Amyloid beta-Protein; 0/Ubiquitins; 0/tau Proteins |
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