Alpha-synuclein seeds in olfactory mucosa and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with dementia with Lewy bodies

D Perra, M Bongianni, G Novi, F Janes… - Brain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In patients with suspected dementia with Lewy bodies, the detection of the disease-
associated α-synuclein in easily accessible tissues amenable to be collected using …

Increased CSF α‐synuclein levels in Alzheimer's disease: correlation with tau levels

S Slaets, E Vanmechelen, N Le Bastard… - Alzheimer's & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Given the difficult clinical differential diagnosis between Alzheimer's disease
(AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), growing interest resulted in research on α …

Differential diagnostic value of total alpha-synuclein assay in the cerebrospinal fluid between Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies from the prodromal …

O Bousiges, N Philippi, T Lavaux… - Alzheimer's Research & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Several studies have investigated the value of alpha-synuclein assay in the
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) …

The diagnostic value of CSF α-synuclein in the differential diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies vs. normal subjects and patients with Alzheimer's disease

E Kapaki, GP Paraskevas, E Emmanouilidou… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The detection of α-synuclein (α-syn) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with
synucleinopathy has yielded promising but inconclusive results. The aim of the present …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of disease-associated α-synuclein in the cerebrospinal fluid: a feasibility study

U Unterberger, I Lachmann, T Voigtländer… - Clinical …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
With the aim to evaluate the significance and reliability of detecting disease-specific α-
synuclein in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) we developed an ELISA and bead-assay. We …

Antibody‐based methods for the measurement of α‐synuclein concentration in human cerebrospinal fluid–method comparison and round robin study

B Mollenhauer, FDB Bowman, D Drake… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract α‐Synuclein is the major component of Lewy bodies and a candidate biomarker for
neurodegenerative diseases in which Lewy bodies are common, including Parkinson's …

Cerebrospinal fluid α-synuclein contributes to the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

M Shi, L Tang, JB Toledo, C Ginghina, H Wang… - Alzheimer's & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction The ability of Alzheimer's disease (AD) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
biomarkers (amyloid β peptide 1–42, total tau, and phosphorylated tau) to discriminate AD …

α‐Synuclein as CSF and Blood Biomarker of Dementia with Lewy Bodies

K Kasuga, M Nishizawa… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a common subtype of dementia in the elderly. DLB is
neuropathologically characterized by the presence of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, both …

Efficient RT-QuIC seeding activity for α-synuclein in olfactory mucosa samples of patients with Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy

CMG De Luca, AE Elia, SM Portaleone… - Translational …, 2019 - Springer
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder whose diagnosis is
often challenging because symptoms may overlap with neurodegenerative parkinsonisms …

Decreased α-synuclein serum levels in patients with Lewy body dementia compared to Alzheimer's disease patients and control subjects

C Laske, AJ Fallgatter, E Stransky, K Hagen… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2011 - karger.com
Background/Aims: Detection and differentiation of neurodegenerative dementias, such as
dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), with blood-based …