title: Neurofibrillary tangles of the Indiana kindred of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease share antigenic determinants with those of Alzheimer disease.
abstract: In the Indiana kindred of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease, neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) with paired helical filaments (PHF) are numerous, widespread and consistently present in the cerebral cortex and several subcortical nuclei. Such tangles share antigenic determinants with those of Alzheimer disease; in fact, they are recognized by Alz50, anti-PHF and anti-ubiquitin antibodies. Thus, NFT with structural and immunocytochemical similarities are present in two distinct forms of amyloidosis of the central nervous system, i.e. the Indiana kindred of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease and Alzheimer disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuropathology, Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giaccone
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tagliavini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verga
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frangione
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Farlow
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bugiani
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghetti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016098:Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009454:Neurofibrils / Q000276:immunology*; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D014452:Ubiquitins