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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Clusterin is a serum glycoprotein which is an inhibitor of complement and is expressed in many tissues in cell injury and death. It has been identified normal and pathological brain tissue and is a component of normal human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We have measured the clusterin concentration of 115 abnormal and normal human CSF samples and related these data to the patient's clinical diagnoses. CSF clusterin levels in patients with neurodegenerative and meningeal disease were within the normal range. Twelve of 15 patients with demyelination, however, had significant elevation of CSF clusterin concentration. This was not a specific finding for multiple sclerosis as elevated clusterin levels were also seen in patients with other acute neuropathology. Determination of CSF clusterin concentration may be of clinical value in neurological diagnosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-510X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
230-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Elevation of human cerebrospinal fluid clusterin concentration is associated with acute neuropathology.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nephrology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article