NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES IN DEMENTIA-PUGILISTICA ARE UBIQUITINATED

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DALE, GE
LEIGH, PN
LUTHERT, P
ANDERTON, BH
ROBERTS, GW
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[1] ST MARYS HOSP, SCH MED, DEPT ANAT & CELL BIOL, PRAED ST, LONDON W2 1PG, ENGLAND
[2] ST GEORGE HOSP, SCH MED, DEPT IMMUNOL, LONDON, ENGLAND
[3] INST PSYCHIAT, COLL NEUROL, LONDON SE5 8AF, ENGLAND
[4] INST PSYCHIAT, DEPT NEUROPATHOL, LONDON SE5 8AF, ENGLAND
[5] INST PSYCHIAT, DEPT NEUROSCI, LONDON SE5 8AF, ENGLAND
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10.1136/jnnp.54.2.116
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Ubiquitin, a protein thought to be involved in the ATP-dependent nonlysosomal degradation of abnormal proteins, has already been identified as a component of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease. We have examined ubiquitin immunoreactivity in a unique collection of brains from 16 ex-boxers including 11 with dementia pugilistica. Neurofibrillary tangles of dementia pugilistica were labelled with an affinity purified antiserum to ubiquitin, and BF10, a monoclonal antibody to a neurofilament epitope.
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页码:116 / 118
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