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Roberta Cecchetti

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Lymphocytic Mitochondrial Aconitase Activity is Reduced in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment

2015

Background: Specific mechanisms behind the role of oxidative/nitrosative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis remain elusive. Mitochondrial aconitase (ACO2) is a Krebs cycle enzyme sensitive to free radicalmediated damage. Objective: We assessed activity and expression of ACO2 extracted from blood lymphocytes of subjects with AD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), older adults with normal cognition (OCN, age >= 65 years), and younger adults with normal cognition (YCN, age < 65 years). Plasma levels and activities of antioxidants were also measured. Methods: Blood samples were collected from 28 subjects with AD, 22 with MCI, 21 OCN, and 19 YCN. ACO2 act…

MalePathologyantioxidantAntioxidantmedicine.medical_treatmentLymphocyteMitochondrionmedicine.disease_causePolymerase Chain ReactionPathogenesisVitamin Eoxidative stressLymphocytesaconitase (aconitate hydratase)Aconitate Hydratasereactive oxygen speciesGeneral NeuroscienceACO2General MedicineAlzheimer's diseasemitochondriaPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical Psychologyantioxidantsmedicine.anatomical_structureDisease ProgressionSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaFemaleAlzheimer diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseAzheimer diseasereactive nitrogen speciemedicine.medical_specialtyaconitase (aconitate hydratase); Alzheimer disease; antioxidants; free radicals; lymphocyte; mild cognitive impairment; mitochondria; oxidative stress; reactive nitrogen species; reactive oxygen speciesBlotting Westernfree radicalslymphocytemild cognitive impairmentInternal medicinemedicineHumansCognitive DysfunctionRNA MessengerAgedfree radicaloxidative strebusiness.industryVitamin EAconitasimedicine.diseasereactive nitrogen speciesEndocrinologyGeriatrics and GerontologyAlzheimer's disease; Aconitasi; oxidative stress; Aconitase (aconitate hydratase) Azheimer disease antioxidants free radicals lymphocyte mild cognitive impairment mitochondria oxidative stress reactive nitrogen species reactive oxygen speciesMental Status SchedulebusinessBiomarkersOxidative stressJournal of Alzheimer's Disease
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Biomarkers of oxidative and nitrosative damage in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

2009

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia in the elderly. Products of oxidative and nitrosative stress (OS and NS, respectively) accumulate with aging, which is the main risk factor for AD. This provides the basis for the involvement of OS and NS in AD pathogenesis. OS and NS occur in biological systems due to the dysregulation of the redox balance, caused by a deficiency of antioxidants and/or the overproduction of free radicals. Free radical attack against lipids, proteins, sugars and nucleic acids leads to the formation of bioproducts whose detection in fluids and tissues represents the currently available method for assessing oxidative/nitrosative damage. Post-mortem …

AgingPathologymedicine.medical_specialtyFree RadicalsAlzheimer’s disease Mild cognitive impairment Free radicals Nitrosative stress Oxidative stressBioenergeticsDiseaseOxidative phosphorylationmedicine.disease_causeBiochemistryPathogenesisAlzheimer DiseaseHumansMedicineDementiaMolecular BiologyFree-radical theory of agingbusiness.industryMetabolismmedicine.diseaseOxidative StressNeurologyImmunologySettore MED/26 - NeurologiaCognition DisordersReactive Oxygen SpeciesbusinessBiomarkersOxidative stressBiotechnology
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Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

2017

International audience; We identified rare coding variants associated with Alzheimer's disease in a three-stage case-control study of 85,133 subjects. In stage 1, we genotyped 34,174 samples using a whole-exome microarray. In stage 2, we tested associated variants (P < 1 × 10-4) in 35,962 independent samples using de novo genotyping and imputed genotypes. In stage 3, we used an additional 14,997 samples to test the most significant stage 2 associations (P < 5 × 10-8) using imputed genotypes. We observed three new genome-wide significant nonsynonymous variants associated with Alzheimer's disease: a protective variant in PLCG2 (rs72824905: p.Pro522Arg, P = 5.38 × 10-10, odds ratio (OR) = 0.68…

0301 basic medicineLinkage disequilibrium[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]MedizinSequence HomologyGenome-wide association studygenetics [Alzheimer Disease]metabolism [Microglia]Linkage Disequilibrium0302 clinical medicinegenetics [Protein Interaction Maps]genetics [Membrane Glycoproteins]Gene FrequencyImmunologicgenetics [Adaptor Proteins Signal Transducing]Receptorsgenetics [Exome]Odds RatioInnategenetics [Receptors Immunologic]ExomeProtein Interaction Mapsgenetics [Genetic Predisposition to Disease]Receptors ImmunologicABI3 protein humanGeneticsAdaptor Proteins Signal Transducing; Alzheimer Disease; Amino Acid Sequence; Case-Control Studies; Exome; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Frequency; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genotype; Humans; Immunity Innate; Linkage Disequilibrium; Membrane Glycoproteins; Microglia; Odds Ratio; Phospholipase C gamma; Protein Interaction Maps; Receptors Immunologic; Sequence Homology Amino Acid; Polymorphism Single Nucleotide; GeneticsMembrane GlycoproteinsAdaptor ProteinsSingle NucleotideAdaptor Proteins Signal Transducing; Alzheimer Disease; Amino Acid Sequence; Case-Control Studies; Exome; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Frequency; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genotype; Humans; Immunity Innate; Linkage Disequilibrium; Membrane Glycoproteins; Microglia; Odds Ratio; Phospholipase C gamma; Protein Interaction Maps; Receptors Immunologic; Sequence Homology Amino Acid; Polymorphism Single Nucleotide3. Good health[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]Amino AcidSettore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIAgenetics [Phospholipase C gamma][SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]MicrogliaAlzheimer's diseaseCommon disease-common variantGenotypeBiologyPolymorphism Single NucleotideArticle03 medical and health sciencesAlzheimer Diseaseddc:570medicineJournal ArticleGeneticsHumansGenetic Predisposition to Disease[SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]Amino Acid SequencePolymorphismAllele frequencyAdaptor Proteins Signal TransducingTREM2 protein humanSequence Homology Amino AcidTREM2Phospholipase C gammaGene Expression ProfilingCase-control studySignal TransducingImmunitymedicine.diseaseR1Immunity InnateMinor allele frequencygenetics [Immunity Innate]030104 developmental biologyCase-Control StudiesHuman medicine030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Serum alkaline phosphatase is elevated and inversely correlated with cognitive functions in subjective cognitive decline: results from the ReGAl 2.0 …

2020

Background: Alkaline phosphatase has been found on neuronal membranes and plasma alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity increases during brain injury and cerebrovascular diseases, suggesting that its levels may reflect the neuronal loss. It is known that ALP is higher in subjects affected by Alzheimer’s dementia and inversely correlated with cognitive functions. No study has investigated the relationship between ALP and cognitive functions in old-age subject with pre-clinical cognitive impairment. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with data gathered from the ReGAl 2.0 project (Rete Geriatrica Alzheimer-Geriatric Network on Alzheimer’s disease), a large Italian multicentric clinical-base…

medicine.medical_specialtyAgingGeriatric medicineAging Biochemistry Cognition Dementia Geriatric medicine Aged Alkaline Phosphatase Cognition Cross-Sectional Studies Humans Italy Neuropsychological Tests Alzheimer Disease Cognitive DysfunctionPopulationNeuropsychological TestsBiochemistry03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineCognitionAlzheimer DiseaseInternal medicinemedicineMemory spanDementiaHumansCognitive Dysfunction030212 general & internal medicineCognitive declineeducationAgededucation.field_of_studybusiness.industryNeuropsychologyCognitionmedicine.diseaseAlkaline PhosphataseEndocrinologyCross-Sectional StudiesItalyCohortAlkaline phosphataseSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaDementiaGeriatrics and Gerontologybusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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