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Conformationally altered p53: a novel Alzheimer's disease marker?

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العنوان: Conformationally altered p53: a novel Alzheimer's disease marker?
المؤلفون: Lanni, C., Racchi, M., Mazzini, G., Ranzenigo, A., Polotti, R., Sinforiani, E., Olivari, L., Barcikowska, M., Styczynska, M., Kuznicki, J., Szybinska, A., Govoni, S., Memo, M., Uberti, D.
المصدر: Molecular Psychiatry; Jun2008, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p641-647, 7p, 1 Chart, 5 Graphs
مصطلحات موضوعية: PARKINSON'S disease, ALZHEIMER'S disease, TUMOR markers, MENTAL health, HUNTINGTON disease
مستخلص: The identification of biological markers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be extremely useful to improve diagnostic accuracy and/or to monitor the efficacy of putative therapies. In this regard, peripheral cells may be of great importance, because of their easy accessibility. After subjects were grouped according to diagnosis, the expression of conformationally mutant p53 in blood cells was compared by immunoprecipitation or by a cytofluorimetric assay. In total, 104 patients with AD, 92 age-matched controls, 15 patients with Parkinson's disease and 9 with other types of dementia were analyzed. Two independent methods to evaluate the differential expression of a conformational mutant p53 were developed. Mononuclear cells were analyzed by immunoprecipitation or by flow-cytometric analysis, following incubation with a conformation-specific p53 antibody, which discriminates unfolded p53 tertiary structure. Mononuclear cells from AD patients express a higher amount of mutant-like p53 compared to non-AD subjects, thus supporting the study of conformational mutant p53 as a new putative marker to discriminate AD from non-AD patients. We also observed a strong positive correlation between the expression of p53 and the age of patients. The expression of p53 was independent from the length of illness and from the Mini Mental State Examination value.Molecular Psychiatry (2008) 13, 641–647; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002060; published online 7 August 2007 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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قاعدة البيانات: Complementary Index
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تدمد:13594184
DOI:10.1038/sj.mp.4002060