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closeThe findings don't reflect what has been found in humans
Posted by robcw on 04 Apr 2013 at 22:42 GMT
http://www.thelancet.com/...(13)70044-9/fulltext
In this long term Australian study in humans Ab changes occurred many years before cognitive and hippocampal volume and neuronal loss occurred. Is good to see Australia leading the way in this research. The article regarding this study by Clifford Fram, AAP National Medical Writer From: AAP April 03, 2013
http://www.news.com.au/br... did not make it clear that this was a study in mice or that it differed from human studies.
RE: The findings don't reflect what has been found in humans
bvissel replied to robcw on 09 Apr 2013 at 23:59 GMT
Response from Amanda Wright and Bryce Vissel:
Thank you for your comment. There is currently a great debate amongst the scientific community as to the relevance of imaging plaques in AD for early diagnosis (for an excellent discussion see http://www.alzforum.org/n...). The recent paper published in Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/...(13)70044-9) is an outstanding study showing accumulation of amyloid beta in AD. However, it does not elucidate if amyloid beta is the best marker for early AD. Interestingly, recent studies investigating inflammatory markers in humans have also shown that microglia correlates strongly to MMSE, more so than plaque load. Our study also shows that in this mouse model, disease progress correlates with inflammation. By accurately quantifying inflammatory and neuronal cell numbers overtime, our study has been able to show age progressive decline in an APP mouse model prior to plaque formation. Our study has shown that neuroinflammation, behavioural decline and neuronal cell loss occurs in an APP expressing model before the formation of amyloid plaque deposition. This has implications for considering if plaque is indeed the best correlate of early AD.