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  • 2019Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1863"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","4"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Molecular Neurobiology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1874"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","57"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmitz, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Candelise, Niccolo"],["dc.contributor.author","Kanata, Eirini"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.contributor.author","Thüne, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Villar-Piqué, Anna"],["dc.contributor.author","da Silva Correia, Susana Margarida"],["dc.contributor.author","Dafou, Dimitra"],["dc.contributor.author","Sklaviadis, Theodoros"],["dc.contributor.author","Appelhans, Dietmar"],["dc.contributor.author","Zerr, Inga"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T14:14:28Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T14:14:28Z"],["dc.date.issued","2019"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s12035-019-01837-w"],["dc.identifier.eissn","1559-1182"],["dc.identifier.issn","0893-7648"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/71354"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Validation of Poly(Propylene Imine) Glycodendrimers Towards Their Anti-prion Conversion Efficiency"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2017-06Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","710"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","6"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","719"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","13"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.contributor.author","Kruse, Niels"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmitz, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Gotzmann, Nadine"],["dc.contributor.author","Golanska, Ewa"],["dc.contributor.author","Thüne, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Zejneli, Orgeta"],["dc.contributor.author","Kanata, Eirini"],["dc.contributor.author","Knipper, Tobias"],["dc.contributor.author","Cramm, Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Lange, Peter"],["dc.contributor.author","Zafar, Saima"],["dc.contributor.author","Sikorska, Beata"],["dc.contributor.author","Liberski, Pawel P."],["dc.contributor.author","Mitrova, Eva"],["dc.contributor.author","Varges, Daniela"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmidt, Christian"],["dc.contributor.author","Sklaviadis, Theodoros"],["dc.contributor.author","Mollenhauer, Brit"],["dc.contributor.author","Zerr, Inga"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-10-08T13:38:00Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-10-08T13:38:00Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017-06"],["dc.description.abstract","Accurate diagnosis of prion diseases and discrimination from alternative dementias gain importance in the clinical routine, but partial overlap in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers impedes absolute discrimination in the differential diagnostic context. We established the clinical parameters for prion disease diagnosis for the quantification of CSF α-synuclein in patients with sporadic (n = 234) and genetic (n = 56) prion diseases, in cases with cognitive impairment/dementia or neurodegenerative disease (n = 278), and in the neurologic control group (n = 111). An optimal cutoff value of 680 pg/mL α-synuclein results in 94% sensitivity and 96% specificity when diagnosing sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Genetic CJD cases showed increased CSF α-synuclein values. No increased α-synuclein levels were detected in non-CJD cases with rapid progression course. Detection of α-synuclein in the CSF of patients with suspected CJD is a valuable diagnostic test reaching almost full discrimination from non-prion disease cases. These data highlight the utility of CSF α-synuclein quantification in front of classical CSF biomarkers in clinical routine."],["dc.fs.pkfprnr","61006"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.jalz.2016.09.013"],["dc.identifier.fs","631450"],["dc.identifier.pmid","27870938"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/15884"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.eissn","1552-5279"],["dc.title","Evaluation of α-synuclein as a novel cerebrospinal fluid biomarker in different forms of prion diseases"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2021Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","841"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","6"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Acta Neuropathologica"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","859"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","141"],["dc.contributor.author","Diaz-Lucena, Daniela"],["dc.contributor.author","Kruse, Niels"],["dc.contributor.author","Thüne, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmitz, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Villar-Piqué, Anna"],["dc.contributor.author","da Cunha, Jose Eriton Gomes"],["dc.contributor.author","Hermann, Peter"],["dc.contributor.author","López-Pérez, Óscar"],["dc.contributor.author","Andrés-Benito, Pol"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-06-01T09:42:50Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-06-01T09:42:50Z"],["dc.date.issued","2021"],["dc.description.abstract","Abstract Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is an innate immune cell surface receptor that regulates microglial function and is involved in the pathophysiology of several neurodegenerative diseases. Its soluble form (sTREM2) results from shedding of the TREM2 ectodomain. The role of TREM2 in prion diseases, a group of rapidly progressive dementias remains to be elucidated. In the present study, we analysed the expression of TREM2 and its main sheddase ADAM10 in the brain of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) patients and evaluated the role of CSF and plasma sTREM2 as a potential diagnostic marker of prion disease. Our data indicate that, compared to controls, TREM2 is increased in sCJD patient brains at the mRNA and protein levels in a regional and subtype dependent fashion, and expressed in a subpopulation of microglia. In contrast, ADAM10 is increased at the protein, but not the mRNA level, with a restricted neuronal expression. Elevated CSF sTREM2 is found in sCJD, genetic CJD with mutations E200K and V210I in the prion protein gene ( PRNP ), and iatrogenic CJD, as compared to healthy controls (HC) (AUC = 0.78–0.90) and neurological controls (AUC = 0.73–0.85), while CSF sTREM2 is unchanged in fatal familial insomnia. sTREM2 in the CSF of cases with Alzheimer’s disease, and multiple sclerosis was not significantly altered in our series. CSF sTREM2 concentrations in sCJD are PRNP codon 129 and subtype-related, correlate with CSF 14-3-3 positivity, total-tau and YKL-40, and increase with disease progression. In plasma, sTREM2 is increased in sCJD compared with HC (AUC = 0.80), displaying positive correlations with plasma total-tau, neurofilament light, and YKL-40. We conclude that comparative study of TREM2 in brain and biological fluids of prion diseases reveals TREM2 to be altered in human prion diseases with a potential value in target engagement, patient stratification, and disease monitoring."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s00401-021-02296-1"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/85371"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-425"],["dc.relation.eissn","1432-0533"],["dc.relation.issn","0001-6322"],["dc.title","TREM2 expression in the brain and biological fluids in prion diseases"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2015Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","2305"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","10"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Neurology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","2311"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","262"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.contributor.author","Kruse, Niels"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmitz, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Shafiq, Mohsin"],["dc.contributor.author","Gomes da Cunha, Jose Eriton"],["dc.contributor.author","Gotzman, Nadine"],["dc.contributor.author","Zafar, Saima"],["dc.contributor.author","Thune, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Mendes de Oliveira, Joao Ricardo"],["dc.contributor.author","Mollenhauer, Brit"],["dc.contributor.author","Zerr, Inga"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:50:51Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:50:51Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","The identification of reliable diagnostic tools for the differential diagnosis between sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains impeded by the existing clinical, neuropathological and molecular overlap between both diseases. The development of new tools for the quantitative measurement of biomarkers is gaining experimental momentum due to recent advances in high-throughput screening analysis and with the optimization of assays for their quantification in biological fluids, including cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-based immunoassays have demonstrated to achieve clinical quality performance in a variety of sample types due to its high sensitivity and dynamic range. Here, we quantified the CSF levels of Tau-protein, beta-amyloid 1-42 (A beta 42) and alpha-synuclein, as important biomarkers in CSF used in the differential diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders in 12 AD, 12 sCJD and 12 control cases by singleplex ECL-based technology. Its performance has been compared to classical enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) to confront their clinical accuracy. ECL-based technology validates previous data obtained with ELISA and presents a higher performance in the discrimination of three analysed groups as determined by increased area under the curve (AUC) values for the three biomarkers. Importantly, alpha-synuclein levels detected by ECL allow an excellent discrimination between sCJD cases and AD and control cases, unveiling a new clinical approach for the differential diagnosis of sCJD."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s00415-015-7837-x"],["dc.identifier.isi","000363035800012"],["dc.identifier.pmid","26162713"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/35791"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.publisher.place","Heidelberg"],["dc.relation.issn","1432-1459"],["dc.relation.issn","0340-5354"],["dc.title","Quantification of CSF biomarkers using an electrochemiluminescence-based detection system in the differential diagnosis of AD and sCJD"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2016Conference Abstract
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Prion"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","10"],["dc.contributor.author","Ferrer, Isidro"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.contributor.author","Frau-Mendez, Lida"],["dc.contributor.author","Fernandez-Vega, Ivan"],["dc.contributor.author","Thune, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Antonio del Rio, Jose"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmizt, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Ansoleaga, Belen"],["dc.contributor.author","Gotzmann, Nadine"],["dc.contributor.author","Cramm, Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Zerr, Inga"],["dc.contributor.author","Jose Zarranz, Juan"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:20:26Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:20:26Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.format.extent","S83"],["dc.identifier.isi","000374656300119"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/41890"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Taylor & Francis Inc"],["dc.publisher.place","Philadelphia"],["dc.relation.issn","1933-690X"],["dc.relation.issn","1933-6896"],["dc.title","Identification of new molecular alterations in Fatal Familial Insomnia"],["dc.type","conference_abstract"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2016Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","6412"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","8"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Molecular Neurobiology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","6425"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","54"],["dc.contributor.author","Mata, Agata"],["dc.contributor.author","Urrea, Laura"],["dc.contributor.author","Vilches, Silvia"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.contributor.author","Thüne, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Espinosa, Juan-Carlos"],["dc.contributor.author","Andréoletti, Olivier"],["dc.contributor.author","Sevillano, Alejandro M."],["dc.contributor.author","Torres, Juan María"],["dc.contributor.author","Requena, Jesús Rodríguez"],["dc.contributor.author","Zerr, Inga"],["dc.contributor.author","Ferrer, Isidro"],["dc.contributor.author","Gavín, Rosalina"],["dc.contributor.author","del Río, José Antonio"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T14:14:24Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T14:14:24Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s12035-016-0177-8"],["dc.identifier.eissn","1559-1182"],["dc.identifier.issn","0893-7648"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/71341"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Reelin Expression in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Experimental Models of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2016Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","2417"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","12"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Human Molecular Genetics"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","2436"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","25"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.contributor.author","Thuene, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmitz, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Ansoleaga, Belen"],["dc.contributor.author","Frau-Mendez, Margalida A."],["dc.contributor.author","Cramm, Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Tahir, Waqas"],["dc.contributor.author","Gotzmann, Nadine"],["dc.contributor.author","Berjaoui, Sara"],["dc.contributor.author","Carmona, Margarita"],["dc.contributor.author","Silva, Christopher J."],["dc.contributor.author","Fernandez-Vega, Ivan"],["dc.contributor.author","Jose Zarranz, Juan"],["dc.contributor.author","Zerr, Inga"],["dc.contributor.author","Ferrer, Isidro"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:12:45Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:12:45Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.description.abstract","Fatal familial insomnia is a rare disease caused by a D178N mutation in combination with methionine (Met) at codon 129 in the mutated allele of PRNP (D178N-129M haplotype). FFI is manifested by sleep disturbances with insomnia, autonomic disorders and spontaneous and evoked myoclonus, among other symptoms. This study describes new neuropathological and biochemical observations in a series of eight patients with FFI. The mediodorsal and anterior nuclei of the thalamus have severe neuronal loss and marked astrocytic gliosis in every case, whereas the entorhinal cortex is variably affected. Spongiform degeneration only occurs in the entorhinal cortex. Synaptic and fine granular proteinase K digestion (PrPres) immunoreactivity is found in the entorhinal cortex but not in the thalamus. Interleukin 6, interleukin 10 receptor alpha subunit, colony stimulating factor 3 receptor and toll-like receptor 7 mRNA expression increases in the thalamus in FFI. PrPc levels are significantly decreased in the thalamus, entorhinal cortex and cerebellum in FFI. This is accompanied by a particular PrPc and PrPres band profile. Altered PrP solubility consistent with significantly reduced PrP levels in the cytoplasmic fraction and increased PrP levels in the insoluble fraction are identified in FFI cases. Amyloid-like deposits are only seen in the entorhinal cortex. The RT-QuIC assay reveals that all the FFI samples of the entorhinal cortex are positive, whereas the thalamus is positive only in three cases and the cerebellumin two cases. The present findings unveil particular neuropathological and neuroinflammatory profiles in FFI and novel characteristics of natural prion protein in FFI, altered PrPres and Scrapie PrP (abnormal and pathogenic PrP) patterns and region-dependent putative capacity of PrP seeding."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1093/hmg/ddw108"],["dc.identifier.isi","000393062900005"],["dc.identifier.pmid","27056979"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/40298"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Oxford Univ Press"],["dc.relation.issn","1460-2083"],["dc.relation.issn","0964-6906"],["dc.title","Identification of new molecular alterations in fatal familial insomnia"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2019Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1007"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","11"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Expert review of molecular diagnostics"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1018"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","19"],["dc.contributor.author","Thüne, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmitz, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Villar-Piqué, Anna"],["dc.contributor.author","Altmeppen, Hermann Clemens"],["dc.contributor.author","Schlomm, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Zafar, Saima"],["dc.contributor.author","Glatzel, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.contributor.author","Zerr, Inga"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T18:15:09Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T18:15:09Z"],["dc.date.issued","2019"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1080/14737159.2019.1667231"],["dc.identifier.eissn","1744-8352"],["dc.identifier.issn","1473-7159"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/74763"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","The cellular prion protein and its derived fragments in human prion diseases and their role as potential biomarkers"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2016Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","4"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Prion"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","10"],["dc.contributor.author","Ferrer, Isidro"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.contributor.author","Frau-Mendez, Lida"],["dc.contributor.author","Fernandez-Vega, Ivan"],["dc.contributor.author","Thüne, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Antonio del Rio, Jose"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmitz, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Ansoleaga, Belen"],["dc.contributor.author","Gotzmann, Nadine"],["dc.contributor.author","Cramm, Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Silva, Christopher J."],["dc.contributor.author","Zerr, Inga"],["dc.contributor.author","Zarranz, Juan Jose"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:20:03Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:20:03Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1093/hmg/ddw108"],["dc.identifier.isi","000383361400009"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/41799"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.relation.issn","1933-690X"],["dc.relation.issn","1933-6896"],["dc.title","Identification of new molecular alterations in Fatal Familial Insomnia (vol 10, pg S83, 2016)"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2016Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","517"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Molecular Neurobiology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","537"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","55"],["dc.contributor.author","Tahir, Waqas"],["dc.contributor.author","Zafar, Saima"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.contributor.author","Arora, Amandeep Singh"],["dc.contributor.author","Thüne, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmitz, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Gotzmann, Nadine"],["dc.contributor.author","Kruse, Niels"],["dc.contributor.author","Mollenhauer, Brit"],["dc.contributor.author","Torres, Juan Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Andréoletti, Olivier"],["dc.contributor.author","Ferrer, Isidre"],["dc.contributor.author","Zerr, Inga"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T14:14:25Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T14:14:25Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s12035-016-0294-4"],["dc.identifier.eissn","1559-1182"],["dc.identifier.issn","0893-7648"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/71342"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Molecular Alterations in the Cerebellum of Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease Subtypes with DJ-1 as a Key Regulator of Oxidative Stress"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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