Pathogenesis of Alzheimer´s disease: Involvement of the choroid plexus
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Alzheimer´s & Dementia |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.12970 |
| Keywords | aging; Alzheimer's disease; cerebrospinal fluid; choroid plexus; pathology |
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| Description | The choroid plexus (ChP) produces and is bathed in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which in aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) shows extensive proteomic alterations including evidence of inflammation. Considering inflammation hampers functions of the involved tissues, the CSF abnormalities reported in these conditions are suggestive of ChP injury. Indeed, several studies document ChP damage in aging and AD, which nevertheless remains to be systematically characterized. We here report that the changes elicited in the CSF by AD are consistent with a perturbed aging process and accompanied by aberrant accumulation of inflammatory signals and metabolically active proteins in the ChP. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging shows that these molecular aberrancies correspond to significant remodeling of ChP in AD, which correlates with aging and cognitive decline. Collectively, our preliminary post-mortem and in vivo findings reveal a repertoire of ChP pathologies indicative of its dysfunction and involvement in the pathogenesis of AD. |
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