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Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (생화학교실)
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Circulating beta amyloid protein is elevated in patients with acute ischemic stroke
- Issue Date
- 2005-02-01
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
- Citation
- J Neural Transm. 2005 Oct;112(10):1371-9. Epub 2005 Jan 31.
- Keywords
- Acute Disease ; Aged ; Amyloid beta-Protein/*blood ; Biological Markers/blood ; Brain Ischemia/epidemiology/*metabolism/pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; P-Selectin/blood ; Peptide Fragments/*blood ; Platelet Activation ; Prospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Severity of Illness Index ; Stroke/epidemiology/*metabolism/pathology
- Abstract
- Recent clinical and experimental studies suggest that ischemic strokes may play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Beta amyloid (Abeta), a major component of senile plaque in AD, is known to be derived from ischemic brain or activated platelets. We prospectively enrolled 62 patients with acute ischemic stroke and 27 age-matched controls. The serum Abeta and P-selectin levels were determined using the Sandwich-ELISA. We divided ischemic strokes into subgroups according to the clinical syndrome, pathogenesis, and infarct size, and compared the Abeta level between each subgroup. The Abeta1-40 level was markedly elevated in ischemic stroke patients, as compared to controls (140.2 +/- 54.0 vs 88.44 +/- 34.96 pg/ml, p<0.001). Cardioembolic and larger artery atherosclerotic infarcts had higher Abeta1-40 level than small vessel disease (p = 0.001). Both infarct size and the initial NIHSS score had significantly positive correlations with the serum level of Abeta1-40 (r = 0.539, p<0.001 and r = 0.425, p = 0.001, respectively). However, the P-selectin level was not significantly correlated with serum Abeta1-40. Our data suggest that elevated circulating Abeta1-40 in ischemic stroke patients may be derived from brain as a consequence of ischemic insults.
- ISSN
- 0300-9564 (Print)
- Language
- English
- URI
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15682267
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/27194
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