Wiest, Reiner; Weiss, Thomas S; Danielyan, Lusine; Buechler, Christa (2021). Serum Amyloid Beta42 Is Not Eliminated by the Cirrhotic Liver: A Pilot Study. Journal of clinical medicine, 10(12) MDPI 10.3390/jcm10122669
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Amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposition in the brain is the main pathological hallmark of Alzheimer disease. Peripheral clearance of Aβ may possibly also lower brain levels. Recent evidence suggested that hepatic clearance of Aβ42 is impaired in liver cirrhosis. To further test this hypothesis, serum Aβ42 was measured by ELISA in portal venous serum (PVS), systemic venous serum (SVS), and hepatic venous serum (HVS) of 20 patients with liver cirrhosis. Mean Aβ42 level was 24.7 ± 20.4 pg/mL in PVS, 21.2 ± 16.7 pg/mL in HVS, and 19.2 ± 11.7 pg/mL in SVS. Similar levels in the three blood compartments suggested that the cirrhotic liver does not clear Aβ42. Aβ42 was neither associated with the model of end-stage liver disease score nor the Child-Pugh score. Patients with abnormal creatinine or bilirubin levels or prolonged prothrombin time did not display higher Aβ42 levels. Patients with massive ascites and patients with large varices had serum Aβ42 levels similar to patients without these complications. Serum Aβ42 was negatively associated with connective tissue growth factor levels (r = -0.580, p = 0.007) and a protective role of Aβ42 in fibrogenesis was already described. Diabetic patients with liver cirrhosis had higher Aβ42 levels (p = 0.069 for PVS, p = 0.047 for HVS and p = 0.181 for SVS), which is in accordance with previous reports. Present analysis showed that the cirrhotic liver does not eliminate Aβ42. Further studies are needed to explore the association of liver cirrhosis, Aβ42 levels, and cognitive dysfunction.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Gastroenterology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Wiest, Reiner |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
2077-0383 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Rahel Fuhrer |
Date Deposited: |
20 Sep 2021 15:41 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:53 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/jcm10122669 |
PubMed ID: |
34204545 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
MELD score ascites bilirubin hepatic clearance liver cirrhosis portal vein |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/159107 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/159107 |
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