title: Soluble amyloid beta-protein in the cerebrospinal fluid from patients with Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and controls.
abstract: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) soluble amyloid beta-protein (sA beta) concentrations from 69 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), 23 patients with vascular dementia (VD), and 76 non-demented controls were measured by a sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using two monoclonal antibodies (4G8 and 6E10) specific for A beta. sA beta concentrations were lower in CSF from patients with AD or VD compared to those in controls. CSF sA beta concentrations did not correlate with the Mini-Mental State Examination scores in patients with AD. VD patients with moderate to severe dementia had lower CSF sA beta concentrations than those with mild dementia. Because a considerable overlap of CSF sA beta levels existed between AD and control groups, the assay is not useful as a diagnostic test for AD.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY 10314.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pirttilä
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Wisniewski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins