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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
We have established the radioimmunoassay for ubiquitin in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and measured the ubiquitin concentration in CSF from 4 cases of neuropathologically verified Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), 10 cases of multi-infarct dementia (MID), 7 cases of senile dementia of Alzheimer type (SDAT), and 18 controls. The normal values were determined to range from 7.3 to 21.0 ng/ml, 14.3 +/- 1.1 ng/ml in the mean +/- S.E.M. The CSF ubiquitin levels in the cases of MID and SDAT were 16.6 +/- 6.4 ng/ml and 21.3 +/- 6.1 ng/ml, respectively. In the cases of CJD, the CSF ubiquitin was markedly increased at the early and middle stages of the disease (230.6 ng/ml in Case 1, 107.6 ng/ml in Case 2, 212.5 ng/ml in Case 3, and 377.0 ng/ml in Case 4) and these gradually decreased as the disease progressed. The measurement of CSF ubiquitin seems useful to make an early diagnosis of CJD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
139
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
47-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Marked increase in cerebrospinal fluid ubiquitin in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article