期刊
EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY
卷 45, 期 1, 页码 15-22出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.09.007
关键词
Alzheimer's disease (AD); Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Genetic risk factors; Biomarkers; Complementary DNA (cDNA) microarray analysis; Protein array analysis; Proteomics; MicroRNA (miRNA)
资金
- NIA [UO1-AG0293310]
- Veteran's Affairs Medical Center (Bronx, NY) Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [U01AG029310] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. Current treatments for AD are not as effective as needed, nor is there any definitive antemortem diagnostic. Understanding the biological processes that occur during AD onset and/or progression will improve disease diagnosis and treatment. Recent applications of microarray technologies for analysis of messenger (m) RNA expression profiles have elucidated distinct changes in the brain as a function of AD dementia initiation and progression. However, mRNA analysis underestimates post-transcriptional modifications and therefore provides only a partial view of the molecular changes in the AD brain. Combining mRNA studies with protein expression analysis may provide a more global picture of the biological processes associated with AD dementia. Information gathered could lead to the development of select biological indices (biomarkers) for guiding AD diagnosis and therapy. We will provide a brief background on AD, followed by a review on the applications of microarray, proteomics, as well as microRNA expression profile analysis to develop novel diagnostic strategies that may be useful for the diagnosis AD and for monitoring disease progression. The availability of biomarkers that promote early disease diagnosis, particularly among asymptomatic patients, will lead to the application of personalized medicine in AD. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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