Can platelet BACE1 levels be used as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease? Proof-of-concept study

Platelets

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-238

  Decourt, Boris ^a   Walker, Aaron ^a   Gonzales, Amanda ^a   Malek Ahmadi, Michael ^a   Liesback, Carolyn ^a   Davis, Kathryn J ^a   Belden, Christine M ^a   Jacobson, Sandra A ^a   Sabbagh, Marwan N ^a  

^a SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; BACE1; Biomarker; Peripheral; Platelets

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BETA SECRETASE 1; ISOENZYME;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL DETECTION; THROMBOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 84875745149     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2012.688899     Document Type: Article

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