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An immunohistochemical study of neurofibrillary tangle formation in post-encephalitic Parkinsonism. 1996

K T Wong, and I V Allen, and S McQuaid, and R McConnell
Neuropathology, Royal Victoria Hospital and Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

Neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) formation is a feature of postencephalitic Parkinsonism (PEP) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Tangle formation has been compared immunohistochemically in these 2 conditions. Staining patterns for tau protein, ubiquitin and beta/A4 amyloid protein were studied in frontal lobe, hippocampus, and midbrain in 2 classical cases of PEP, 2 cases of AD and 2 controls matched for age and sex. NFTs were present in all cases, but with varying frequency: all tangles were tau-positive and many were ubiquitinated. In the frontal cortex and hippocampus, irrespective of the case category, tangle formation was associated with beta/A4 amyloid deposition. A similar association was present in the 2 AD cases in the midbrain. However, in PEP tangle formation in the midbrain was not associated with adjacent beta/A4 amyloid deposition. This finding raises the possibility that the pathogenetic mechanism of tangle formation in PEP is different from that of AD, although the final cellular morphological expression of abnormality in both conditions is similar.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007150 Immunohistochemistry Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. Immunocytochemistry,Immunogold Techniques,Immunogold-Silver Techniques,Immunohistocytochemistry,Immunolabeling Techniques,Immunogold Technics,Immunogold-Silver Technics,Immunolabeling Technics,Immunogold Silver Technics,Immunogold Silver Techniques,Immunogold Technic,Immunogold Technique,Immunogold-Silver Technic,Immunogold-Silver Technique,Immunolabeling Technic,Immunolabeling Technique,Technic, Immunogold,Technic, Immunogold-Silver,Technic, Immunolabeling,Technics, Immunogold,Technics, Immunogold-Silver,Technics, Immunolabeling,Technique, Immunogold,Technique, Immunogold-Silver,Technique, Immunolabeling,Techniques, Immunogold,Techniques, Immunogold-Silver,Techniques, Immunolabeling
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009419 Nerve Tissue Proteins Proteins, Nerve Tissue,Tissue Proteins, Nerve
D010300 Parkinson Disease A progressive, degenerative neurologic disease characterized by a TREMOR that is maximal at rest, retropulsion (i.e. a tendency to fall backwards), rigidity, stooped posture, slowness of voluntary movements, and a masklike facial expression. Pathologic features include loss of melanin containing neurons in the substantia nigra and other pigmented nuclei of the brainstem. LEWY BODIES are present in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus but may also be found in a related condition (LEWY BODY DISEASE, DIFFUSE) characterized by dementia in combination with varying degrees of parkinsonism. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1059, pp1067-75) Idiopathic Parkinson Disease,Lewy Body Parkinson Disease,Paralysis Agitans,Primary Parkinsonism,Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease,Lewy Body Parkinson's Disease,Parkinson Disease, Idiopathic,Parkinson's Disease,Parkinson's Disease, Idiopathic,Parkinson's Disease, Lewy Body,Parkinsonism, Primary
D004660 Encephalitis Inflammation of the BRAIN due to infection, autoimmune processes, toxins, and other conditions. Viral infections (see ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL) are a relatively frequent cause of this condition. Inflammation, Brain,Rasmussen Syndrome,Brain Inflammation,Encephalitis, Rasmussen,Rasmussen Encephalitis,Rasmussen's Syndrome,Brain Inflammations
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D014452 Ubiquitins A family of proteins that are structurally-related to Ubiquitin. Ubiquitins and ubiquitin-like proteins participate in diverse cellular functions, such as protein degradation and HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE, by conjugation to other proteins. Ubiquitin-Like Protein,Ubiquitin-Like Proteins,Protein, Ubiquitin-Like,Proteins, Ubiquitin-Like,Ubiquitin Like Protein,Ubiquitin Like Proteins

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