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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-23
pubmed:abstractText
Data on the relationship between cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) ("congophilic angiopathy") and Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology are conflicting. In the present study, CAA and capillary CAA (CapCAA) ("dyshoric angiopathy") were examined in the frontal cortex of 100 human brains obtained at autopsy from both male and female, demented and non-demented patients (mean age +/- SD 84.3+/-9.3 years); 50 brains with high (mean 5.0) and 50 with low (mean 2.4) Braak stages. CAA was assessed according to the method of Olichney et al. [25]; CapCAA was grouped into four grades by counting the affected capillaries in 10 high power fields. General CAA was present in 61% (87.5% demented, 55.6% non-demented; 70% with high and 52% low Braak stages). CAA did not correlate with either clinical diagnosis of dementia or high-grade AD pathology; CapCAA showed a low correlation with dementia and a medium positive correlation with high Braak stages. The severity of both lesions did not correlate with clinical dementia; whereas that of CAA showed low correlation with CERAD, Braak, and NIA-Reagan-Institute criteria, the severity of CapCAA correlated significantly with all three AD criteria. The presence and severity of CAA and CapCAA showed only low correlation, suggesting a different pathogenesis of these types of lesion. Since CapCAA represents insoluble amyloid peptide (Abeta) deposits in and around capillaries, its correlation with neuritic AD pathology supports the concept of neuronal origin of Abeta via drainage from interstitial fluid from the central nervous system to capillary walls. Studies to answer the question whether CapCAA represents an epiphenomenon or an indicator of a pathogenic association between tau cytopathology and Abeta deposition in capillaries are in progress.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0001-6322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
83-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Blood Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Capillaries, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Dementia, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Frontal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Neurofibrillary Tangles, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Pilot Projects, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Plaque, Amyloid, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Silver Staining, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-Statistics as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:14655019-tau Proteins
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Only cerebral capillary amyloid angiopathy correlates with Alzheimer pathology--a pilot study.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Pathology, Otto Wagner Hospital, Baumgartner Hoehe 1, 1140 Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't