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Alterations of the X Chromosome in Lymphocytes of Alzheimer's Disease Patients.

Overview of attention for article published in Current Alzheimer Research, January 2015
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Title
Alterations of the X Chromosome in Lymphocytes of Alzheimer's Disease Patients.
Published in
Current Alzheimer Research, January 2015
DOI 10.2174/1567205012666151027124154
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Authors

Biljana Spremo-Potparevic, Vladan Bajic, George Perry, Lada Zivkovic

Abstract

Chromosomal alterations as a sign of genetic instability are a feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Assessment of the genetic instability of non-neuronal cells of AD patients may provide a method to diagnose or monitor prognosis of the disease. Considering the importance of X chromosome alterations in the possible etiology of AD females, we used fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) for the centromere region of the X chromosome to determine aneuploidy, for a possible correlation with premature centromere division (PCD, X) in lymphocytes of AD females and age-matched controls. In AD patients, our results showed a marked and significant increase in the frequency of the X chromosome aneuploidy comparing with age matched controls (p<0.001). Also, a significant difference was detected in the PCD, X frequency between AD females when compared with age matched controls (p<0.001). In addition, a strong (R2=0.97, n=20) and significant (p<0.001) correlation was found between the frequency of aneuploidy and PCD, X in the AD group. Our results support the view that AD is a generalized systematic disease where PCD is to be considered as a stable sign of disease leading to aneuploidy.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 16 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Professor 3 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 19%
Researcher 2 13%
Student > Bachelor 2 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 6%
Other 2 13%
Unknown 3 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 3 19%
Neuroscience 3 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 4 25%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 August 2016.
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#3,223,139
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#163
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#42,711
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#13
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