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Objectives To investigate the expression and diagnostic value of 14-3-3 protein in brains of patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease(sCJD).Methods 14-3-3 protein was immunohistochemically analyzed in tissue from the frontal lobe of 5 patients with sCJD and 4 non-CJD eases Using 14-3-3 ?and ?antibodies with reference to the results of KB,GFAP and PrP detection.Results The expressions of 14-3-3 protein in five brains of sCJD were more obviously,mostly in gray matters and astrocytes in three cases.The concentration was related to PrP deposition type,but not related to prion protein genotype.Except few expression of 14-3-3 protein in neurous of two cases of acute contusion,there were no expression in the other two cases in control group.Conclusions The expression of 14-3-3 protein in brain is useful to pathological diagnosis of CJD.
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Objective To inquire and compare the value of 4 proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for early diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).Methods The CSF samples were obtained from 14 CJD patients in the early stage,t-tan,t-tan,t-tau/t-tau,S-100?,14-3-3 and 14-3-2 protein had been examined and compared with other dementia (OD) and none dementia (ND) as controls by capture assay and ELISA.Results (1)t-tan protein: the concentration in CJD ,OD and ND is 8295,300 and 161 pg/ml respectively,t-tau/t-tau ratio is 0.0092,0.2258 and 0.2471 respectively.(2) S-100? protein: the concentration in CJD,OD and ND is 1.576,0.639 and 0.239 ng/ml respectively.(3) 14-3-3 protein:the concentration in CJD,OD and ND is 40.00,2.65 and 3.10 ng/ml respectively.(4) 14-3-2 protein: the concentration in CJD,OD and ND is 48.43,14.00 and 20.50 ng/ml respectively.(5) At the cut-off point 500 pg/ml for t-tan,sensitivity for diagnosis of CJD is 84.6% and specificity is 87.6% ,t-tan has no diagnostic value to CJD.(6) At 1.626 ng/ml for S-100?,the sensitivity is 92.3% and specificity is 83.8%.(7) At 9 ng/ml for 14-3-3 protein,the sensitivity is 86.7% and specificity is 86.4%.(8) At a level of24 ng/ml for 14-3-2 protein,the sensitivity for diagnosis of CJD is 78.6% and specificity is 77.3%. Conclusion It is the CSF detection of neuroproteins that have great valuble significance in diagnosis for sporadic CJD in the early stage.