Concanavalin agglutinin levels are decreased in peripheral blood of Alzheimer's disease patients

• Published in: Journal of Alzheimer's disease Vol. 49; no. 1; p. 63
• Main Authors: Sun, Xuying, Ma, Ronghong, Yao, Xiuqing, Shang, Xiaoling, Wang, Qun, Wang, Jian-Zhi, Liu, Gongping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - blood; Biomarkers - blood; Case-Control Studies; Concanavalin A - blood; Female; Humans; Lectins - blood; Male; Plant Lectins - blood; glycoproteins; peripheral blood; Alzheimer’s disease; lectin; Con A

Alzheimer's disease (AD) seriously threatens patients' lives and causes severe burden to the families. Early prevention and treatment can alleviate the development of the disease; therefore it is important to find new effective and non-traumatic biomarkers for early diagnosis. In this stud...