Table 1.
Demographic and neuropathological data
| Case | f/m | age | brain wt | NFT | Aβ | α-syn | TDP-43 | APOE | Diagnoses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | f | 55 | 1455 | I | 0 | 0 | − | ε3/4 | intraventricular hemorrhage |
| 2 | m | 55 | 1780 | I | 0 | 0 | − | ε3/3 | bronchopneumonia |
| 3 | f | 50 | 1293 | I | 0 | 0 | − | ε3/3 | PCOM aneurysm, SAB |
| 4 | m | 50 | 1600 | I | 0 | 0 | − | ε4/4 | M. Werlhof, hepatitis C |
| 5 | f | 72 | 1070 | I | 3 | 0 | − | ε3/4 | cardiac failure |
| 6 | f | 79 | 1165 | I | 0 | 0 | − | ε3/3 | coronary artery disease |
| 7 | f | 93 | 1090 | III (IV) | 2 | 0 | − | na | craniocerebral trauma |
| 8 | m | 68 | 1380 | III | 0 | 0 | − | na | aspiration pneumonia |
| 9 | m | 72 | 1500 | III | 0 | 0 | − | ε3/4 | cardiac failure |
| 10 | m | 74 | 1465 | III | 0 | 0 | − | ε4/4 | malignant neoplasm |
| 11 | m | 76 | 1520 | III | 4 | 0 | + | na | pneumonia |
| 12 | f | 81 | 1130 | III | 2 | 0 | − | ε3/3 | acute myeloid leukemia |
| 13 | f | 88 | 1495 | III | 3 | 0 | − | ε3/4 | cerebral hemorrhage parietooccipital |
| 14 | m | 84 | 1170 | V (VI) | 3 | 0 | + | ε3/4 | AD |
| 15 | f | 84 | 1175 | V | 3 | 2 | + | ε3/3 | AD, ILBD |
| 16 | m | 58 | 1335 | V | 2 | 0 | − | ε3/4 | AD, myocardial infarction |
| 17 | f | 72 | 1185 | V | 4 | 0 | − | ε3/3 | AD, craniocerebral trauma after falling |
| 18 | f | 76 | 1405 | V | 4 | 0 | − | ε3/4 | AD, craniocerebral trauma after falling |
| 19 | m | 76 | 1205 | V | 5 | 0 | − | na | AD, cardiac failure |
| 20 | m | 78 | 1460 | V | 5 | 0 | − | ε3/4 | AD |
| Control 21 | f | 30 | 1315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | ε3/3 | malignant neoplasm |
20 cases fall into three NFT groups: NFT stage I (4 females, 2 males, 50–79 years); NFT stage III (3 females, 4 males, 68–93 years); NFT stage V (3 females, 4 males, 58–84 years). Abbreviations: f, m—female, male; age—age in years; brain wt—fresh brain weight in grams; NFT—Alzheimer's disease-related neurofibrillary tangle stage using Gallyas silver-iodide staining; Aβ—amyloid-β deposition phase using 4G8 IHC; α-syn—Parkinson disease-related neuropathological stage using α-synuclein IHC; TDP-43—43-kDa TAR DNA-binding protein neuronal inclusions; APOE—APOE allele status; n/a -not available; AD—Alzheimer's disease; ILBD—incidental Lewy body disease; PCOM -posterior communicating artery; SAB—subarachnoid bleeding