Platelet amyloid precursor protein isoform expression in Alzheimer's disease: Evidence for peripheral marker

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 529-534

  Vignini, Arianna ^a   Sartini, D ^a   Morganti, S ^a   Nanetti, L ^a   Luzzi, S ^a   Provinciali, L ^a   Mazzanti, L ^a   Emanuelli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Amyloid precursor protein; mRNA; Platelets; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN 695; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN 751; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN 770; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN KUNITZ TYPE SERINE PROTEASE INHIBITOR DOMAIN; BETA ACTIN; TOTAL AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APP PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTE; UPREGULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; GENETICS; ITALY; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80051770679     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039463201102400229     Document Type: Article

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