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Negative neurofilament light and tau immunostaining in frontotemporal dementia

Sjogren, M and Englund, Elisabet LU orcid (2004) Frontotemporal Dementias. 4th International Conference 17(4). p.346-349
Abstract
We investigated the immunohistochemical stainability of phosphorylated tau and the light (NFL), intermediate (NFM), and heavy (NFH) neurofilament proteins in postmortem brain tissue from 8 patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), for comparison with 6 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 6 normal controls. In the FTD group, the neuropathological diagnosis was pure frontal-lobe degeneration of non-Alzheimer type (FLD) in 6 cases and in the remaining 2 cases mixed FLD-AD and frontal AD, respectively. The staining for tau was negative in 5 of the FLD cases and faintly positive in 1, but positive in all AD cases. The antibodies against NFM and NFH stained positive in FLD, AD, and controls, whereas the staining for NFL was negative... (More)
We investigated the immunohistochemical stainability of phosphorylated tau and the light (NFL), intermediate (NFM), and heavy (NFH) neurofilament proteins in postmortem brain tissue from 8 patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), for comparison with 6 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 6 normal controls. In the FTD group, the neuropathological diagnosis was pure frontal-lobe degeneration of non-Alzheimer type (FLD) in 6 cases and in the remaining 2 cases mixed FLD-AD and frontal AD, respectively. The staining for tau was negative in 5 of the FLD cases and faintly positive in 1, but positive in all AD cases. The antibodies against NFM and NFH stained positive in FLD, AD, and controls, whereas the staining for NFL was negative in all FLD cases and positive in 1 AD case and in the controls. These findings regarding NFL and tau staining may be useful in the differential diagnosis of FLD and AD. Copyright (C) 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel. (Less)
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Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, immunohistochemical, staining, neurofilament light protein, tau protein
host publication
Frontotemporal Dementias 4th International Conference (Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders)
volume
17
issue
4
pages
346 - 349
publisher
Karger
conference name
Frontotemporal Dementias. 4th International Conference
conference location
Lund, Sweden
conference dates
2003-04-24 - 2003-04-26
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  • wos:000221793000023
  • scopus:2642537533
ISSN
1420-8008
1421-9824
DOI
10.1159/000077169
language
English
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yes
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  abstract     = {{We investigated the immunohistochemical stainability of phosphorylated tau and the light (NFL), intermediate (NFM), and heavy (NFH) neurofilament proteins in postmortem brain tissue from 8 patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), for comparison with 6 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 6 normal controls. In the FTD group, the neuropathological diagnosis was pure frontal-lobe degeneration of non-Alzheimer type (FLD) in 6 cases and in the remaining 2 cases mixed FLD-AD and frontal AD, respectively. The staining for tau was negative in 5 of the FLD cases and faintly positive in 1, but positive in all AD cases. The antibodies against NFM and NFH stained positive in FLD, AD, and controls, whereas the staining for NFL was negative in all FLD cases and positive in 1 AD case and in the controls. These findings regarding NFL and tau staining may be useful in the differential diagnosis of FLD and AD. Copyright (C) 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel.}},
  author       = {{Sjogren, M and Englund, Elisabet}},
  booktitle    = {{Frontotemporal Dementias 4th International Conference (Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders)}},
  issn         = {{1420-8008}},
  keywords     = {{Alzheimer's disease; frontotemporal dementia; immunohistochemical; staining; neurofilament light protein; tau protein}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{346--349}},
  publisher    = {{Karger}},
  title        = {{Negative neurofilament light and tau immunostaining in frontotemporal dementia}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000077169}},
  doi          = {{10.1159/000077169}},
  volume       = {{17}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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