Pick bodies in a family with presenilin-1 Alzheimer's disease.

Halliday, Glenda M; Song, Yun Ju C; Lepar, Gila; Brooks, William S; Kwok, John B; Kersaitis, Cindy; Gregory, Gillian; Shepherd, Claire E et al. · Ann Neurol · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Presenilin-1 (PS-1) mutations can cause Pick's disease without evidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We describe a family with a PS-1 M146L mutation and both Pick bodies and AD. Sarkosyl-insoluble hyperphosphorylated tau showed three bands consistent with AD, although dephosphorylation showed primarily three-repeat isoforms. M146L mutant PS-1 may predispose to both Pick's disease and AD by affecting multiple intracellular pathways involving tau phosphorylation and amyloid metabolism.

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