Cerebrospinal fluid markers in dementia with Lewy bodies compared with Alzheimer disease
Cerebrospinal fluid markers in dementia with Lewy bodies compared with Alzheimer disease
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DOI:
10.1001/archneur.60.9.1218
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发表时间:
2003-09-01
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del Ser, T
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Gómez-Tortosa, E;Gonzalo, I;del Ser, T
Background: Most patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) exhibit diffuse plaque-only pathology with rare neocortical neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), as opposed to the widespread cortical neurofibrillary-tau involvement in Alzheimer disease (AD). Another pathological difference is the astrocytic and microglial inflammatory responses, including release of interleukins (ILs), around the neuritic plaques and NFTs in AD brains that are absent or much lower in DLB. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) markers that reflect the pathological differences between AD and DLB.Objective: To determine CSF concentrations of tau, beta-amyloid, IL-1beta, and IL-6 as potential diagnostic clues to distinguish between AD and DLB.Methods: We measured total tau, beta-amyloid(1-42), IL-1beta, and IL-6 levels in CSF samples of 33 patients with probable AD without parkinsonism, 25 patients with all the core features of DLB, and 46 age-matched controls.Results: Patients with AD had significantly higher levels of tau protein than patients with DLB and controls (P