Multiple System Atrophy
Multiple System Atrophy
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1750-3639.1997.tb01034.x
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发表时间:
1997-10
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影响因子:
6.4
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In 1989 we were the fust to describe glial cytoplast& inclusions (GCI) in multiple system atrophy (MSA) (1). Until then MSA, unlike other neurodegenerative disorders, lacked any pathognomonic lesion, and the neuropathological diagnosis was based on non-specific, and often elusive changes of neuronal loss, myelin pallor and astrocytosis of the affected areas. In the ori, report and two subsequent papers we have comprehensively characterized GCIs (2,3). These inclusions are argyrophilic: they were first observed in silver impregnation developed by Gallyas (4) to demonstrate Alzheimer-type neurofibrillary changes, and although their configuration sometimes superficially resembled neurofibrillary tangles, their cellular localization, dimensions, ultrastructure, immunocytochemical profile and regional distribution were all different. Our original observations, based on a comprehensive neuropathological examination of 11 cases of MSA, have been conf m e d by other investigators and these findings have been recently reviewed (5,6). The discovery of GCIs has initiated considerable interest in glial pathology, particularly in glial inclusions. Neuroglial cells, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in strict sense of definition, have been relatively little investigated in neurodegenerative diseases in which research, not unreasonably, has focused on neuronal pathology. Astrocytic changes, including hypertrophy and hyperplasia, have, for long, been recognised as a stereotypic response of astrocytes to neuronal damage and loss. However, oligodendrocytes have remained even less investigated. The current intense interest in SE5 8AF, UK glial pathology hiis resulted in the description of a wide range of cellular alterations both in oligodendrocytes and astrocytes in various neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, MSA, corticobasal deigeneration (CBD) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) (for review see 6 and 7). These recent observations, however, raise a fundamental question. Which of the different glial inclusions have both practical importance and theoretical significance for the particular disorder in which they occur? The practical consideration is clearly diagnostic and important for the practising neuropathologist. Are any of these glial inclusions pathognomonic of a particular disease or are they non-specitic without any diagnostic value? From a theoretical point, the role of these intracellular lesions in the pathogenesis of the disease has to be critically evaluated. Are they an integral part of the cellular and molecular mechaniscis which result in neurodegeneration? The aim of this review is to clarify these issues in relation to GCIs in MSA, by defining their diagnostic and biological significance and by comparing them with other, more recently observed glial changes.