Hippocampal sclerosis of aging, a prevalent and high-morbidity brain disease

PT Nelson, CD Smith, EL Abner, BJ Wilfred… - Acta …, 2013 - Springer
Hippocampal sclerosis of aging (HS-Aging) is a causative factor in a large proportion of
elderly dementia cases. The current definition of HS-Aging rests on pathologic criteria …

Progranulin mutations as risk factors for Alzheimer disease

DC Perry, M Lehmann, JS Yokoyama… - JAMA …, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Mutations in the progranulin gene are known to cause diverse clinical
syndromes, all attributed to frontotemporal lobar degeneration. We describe 2 patients with …

Progranulin does not bind tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptors and is not a direct regulator of TNF-dependent signaling or bioactivity in immune or neuronal cells

X Chen, J Chang, Q Deng, J Xu, TA Nguyen… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Progranulin (PGRN) is a secreted glycoprotein expressed in neurons and glia that is
implicated in neuronal survival on the basis that mutations in the GRN gene causing …

GRN variant rs5848 reduces plasma and brain levels of granulin in Alzheimer's disease patients

A Kämäläinen, J Viswanathan… - Journal of …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Genetic variants in the granulin (GRN) gene have been shown to increase the risk of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we report that the A allele of rs5848 in GRN reduces …

Reduced serum progranulin level might be associated with Parkinson's disease risk

I Mateo, I González‐Aramburu… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Common genetic variants (rs5848 and rs646776) have been
reported as regulators of blood progranulin (GRN) levels in healthy individuals. Methods To …

Progranulin gene (GRN) promoter methylation is increased in patients with sporadic frontotemporal lobar degeneration

D Galimberti, C D'Addario, B Dell'Osso, C Fenoglio… - Neurological …, 2013 - Springer
Mutations in progranulin gene (GRN) are the most common cause of autosomal dominant
familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). In addition, GRN variability influences the …

Gender effects on plasma PGRN levels in patients with Alzheimer's disease: a preliminary study

P Piscopo, R Rivabene, D Galimberti… - Journal of …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Plasma progranulin (PGRN) levels constitute a potentially invaluable biomarker for
neurodegenerative diseases including frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and …

Polymorphisms affecting miRNA regulation: a new level of genetic variation affecting disorders and diseases of the human CNS

R Saba, SA Booth - Future Neurology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The recognition of people and/or populations at a high risk for the development of various
types of neurological disorders and diseases is not only key to improved screening …

Searching the Missing Link Between Alzheimer's Disease and Diabetes

A Mitrea, SG Popa, C Muntean, A Soare… - Romanian Journal of …, 2013 - rjdnmd.org
Recent studies strongly suggest a significant association between diabetes mellitus and
Alzheimer Disease (AD) justifying the term “type 3 diabetes”. Studies show that impairment …

Die Rolle von Progranulin in der bipolar-affektiven Störung

J Weigl - 2013 - opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de
Durch Messung der Progranulinspiegel im Blutplasma mittels ELISA konnte in vorliegender
Arbeit ein signifikanter Unterschied zwischen bipolaren Patienten und Kontrollen …