机构:[1]McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA),Douglas Research Institute, McGill University[2]Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory,Douglas Research Institute, McGill University[3]McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal,QC[4]Division of Neurology,Faculty of Medicine,University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC[5]Department of Medical Genetics,University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC[6]Department of Medicine (Neurology),Brain Sciences Research Program,Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada[7]Neurogenetics Section,Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada[8]Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China神经内科首都医科大学宣武医院
Early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (EOFAD) is a condition characterized by early onset dementia (age at onset < 65 years) and a positive family history for dementia. To date, 230 mutations in presenilin (PSI, PS2) and amyloid precursor protein (APP) genes have been identified in EOFAD. The mutations within these three genes (PS UPS2/APP) affect a common pathogenic pathway in APP synthesis and proteolysis, which lead to excessive production of amyloid beta. Compared with sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), EOFAD has some distinctive features including early age at onset, positive familial history, a variety of non-cognitive neurological symptoms and signs, and a more aggressive course. There is marked phenotypic heterogeneity among different mutations of EOFAD. Studies in presymptomatic mutation carriers reveal biomarkers abnormalities. EOFAD diagnosis is based on clinical and family history, neurological symptoms and examination, biomarker features, as well as genotyping in some cases. New therapeutic agents targeting amyloid formation may benefit EOFAD individuals.
基金:
National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC)(30700241)
the Beijing Scientific and Technological New Star Program (2007B069)
Scholarship from Chinese Scholarship Council
Clinical fellowship from Pfizer Canada
Canadian institutes of Health Research (CIHR)( MOP-11-51-31)
Alzheimer's Association (NIRG-08-92090)
Nussia & André Aisenstadt Foundation
Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (16326 )
Clinical Genetics Investigatorship by CIHR
第一作者机构:[1]McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA),Douglas Research Institute, McGill University[2]Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory,Douglas Research Institute, McGill University
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[*1]McGill Centre for Studies in Aging , McGill University, 6825, Boul. LaSalle Blvd., Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada.
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Liyong Wu,Pedro Rosa-Neto,Ging-Yuek R. Hsiung,et al.Early-Onset Familial Alzheimer's Disease (EOFAD)[J].CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES.2012,39(4):436-445.doi:10.1017/S0317167100013949.
APA:
Liyong Wu,Pedro Rosa-Neto,Ging-Yuek R. Hsiung,A. Dessa Sadovnick,Mario Masellis...&Serge Gauthier.(2012).Early-Onset Familial Alzheimer's Disease (EOFAD).CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES,39,(4)