title: [Diagnosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy with cerebral hemorrhage by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) of cystatin C in the cerebrospinal fluid].
abstract: The lower level of cystatin C in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is one of the useful diagnostic markers of hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis in Iceland. We attempted to establish an assay to determine the level of cystatin C in CSF for diagnosis of CAA due to the deposition of cystatin C in CSF for diagnosis of CAA due to the deposition of cystatin C. We carried out the sandwich enzyme immunosorbent assay with the use of monoclonal mouse anti-cystatin C and polyclonal rabbit anti-cystatin C antibodies. CSF from nine cases of cerebral hemorrhage and fifty reference cases with other neurological diseases were examined. Four patients with cerebral hemorrhage showed a low level of cystatin C and clinical manifestations suggestive of CAA. Our study showed the feasibility of using ELISA for the diagnosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy that causes cerebral hemorrhage with the deposition of cystatin C.
authors.affiliation: Third Division of Internal Medicine, Shimane Medical University.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimode
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsunematsu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055316:Cystatin C; D015891:Cystatins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: C525030:CST3 protein, human; C525031:Cst3 protein, mouse; D055316:Cystatin C; D015891:Cystatins