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Abstract |
Ratio Aβ1-42:p-Tau: a Possible Diagnostic Tool in Differentiating Dementias |
Background: Patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) present a typical biochemical profile of biomarkers: low concentration of β amyloid 1-42 (Aβ1-42), high concentration of total Tau (t-Tau) and phosphorylated Tau at threonine 181 (p-Tau). Several neurodegenerative diseases may overlap with AD, both in regards to clinical symptoms and neuropathology. Many data suggest that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathophysiology can be identified using biomarkers. It has been hypothesized that subjects with dementia due to AD showed low levels of Aβ1-42 combined with the highest levels of total Tau and phosphorylated Tau; moreover, it has been hypothesized that the ratio Aβ1-42:p-Tau further help in discriminating Alzheimer’s disease from other diagnoses. The aim of this work is to verify this hypothesis in our cohort of patients and to investigate if the same ratio could be a sensitive index able to discriminate MCI due to neurodegenerative factors (MCId) from MCI due to vascular factors (MCIv).
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