Tahir, Waqas

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","83"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Molecular Neurodegeneration"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","12"],["dc.contributor.author","Llorens, Franc"],["dc.contributor.author","Thüne, Katrin"],["dc.contributor.author","Tahir, Waqas"],["dc.contributor.author","Kanata, Eirini"],["dc.contributor.author","Diaz-Lucena, Daniela"],["dc.contributor.author","Xanthopoulos, Konstantinos"],["dc.contributor.author","Kovatsi, Eleni"],["dc.contributor.author","Pleschka, Catharina"],["dc.contributor.author","Garcia-Esparcia, Paula"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmitz, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Ozbay, Duru"],["dc.contributor.author","Correia, Susana"],["dc.contributor.author","Correia, Ângela"],["dc.contributor.author","Milosevic, Ira"],["dc.contributor.author","Andréoletti, Olivier"],["dc.contributor.author","Fernández-Borges, Natalia"],["dc.contributor.author","Vorberg, Ina M."],["dc.contributor.author","Glatzel, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Sklaviadis, Theodoros"],["dc.contributor.author","Torres, Juan Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Krasemann, Susanne"],["dc.contributor.author","Sánchez-Valle, Raquel"],["dc.contributor.author","Ferrer, Isidro"],["dc.contributor.author","Zerr, Inga"],["dc.date.accessioned","2019-07-09T11:44:59Z"],["dc.date.available","2019-07-09T11:44:59Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.description.abstract","Background YKL-40 (also known as Chitinase 3-like 1) is a glycoprotein produced by inflammatory, cancer and stem cells. Its physiological role is not completely understood but YKL-40 is elevated in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in several neurological and neurodegenerative diseases associated with inflammatory processes. Yet the precise characterization of YKL-40 in dementia cases is missing. Methods In the present study, we comparatively analysed YKL-40 levels in the brain and CSF samples from neurodegenerative dementias of different aetiologies characterized by the presence of cortical pathology and disease-specific neuroinflammatory signatures. Results YKL-40 was normally expressed in fibrillar astrocytes in the white matter. Additionally YKL-40 was highly and widely expressed in reactive protoplasmic cortical and perivascular astrocytes, and fibrillar astrocytes in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). Elevated YKL-40 levels were also detected in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) but not in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). In AD, YKL-40-positive astrocytes were commonly found in clusters, often around β-amyloid plaques, and surrounding vessels with β-amyloid angiopathy; they were also distributed randomly in the cerebral cortex and white matter. YKL-40 overexpression appeared as a pre-clinical event as demonstrated in experimental models of prion diseases and AD pathology. CSF YKL-40 levels were measured in a cohort of 288 individuals, including neurological controls (NC) and patients diagnosed with different types of dementia. Compared to NC, increased YKL-40 levels were detected in sCJD (p < 0.001, AUC = 0.92) and AD (p < 0.001, AUC = 0.77) but not in vascular dementia (VaD) (p > 0.05, AUC = 0.71) or in DLB/Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) (p > 0.05, AUC = 0.70). Further, two independent patient cohorts were used to validate the increased CSF YKL-40 levels in sCJD. Additionally, increased YKL-40 levels were found in genetic prion diseases associated with the PRNP-D178N (Fatal Familial Insomnia) and PRNP-E200K mutations. Conclusions Our results unequivocally demonstrate that in neurodegenerative dementias, YKL-40 is a disease-specific marker of neuroinflammation showing its highest levels in prion diseases. Therefore, YKL-40 quantification might have a potential for application in the evaluation of therapeutic intervention in dementias with a neuroinflammatory component."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2017"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1186/s13024-017-0226-4"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/14995"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/59135"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.intern","In goescholar not merged with http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/15151 but duplicate"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.access","openAccess"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.subject.ddc","610"],["dc.title","YKL-40 in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of neurodegenerative dementias"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]