[Factors Influencing Brain Interstitial Fluid Concentrations of Amyloid β and Tau]

Brain Nerve. 2020 May;72(5):525-531. doi: 10.11477/mf.1416201557.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

In patients with Alzheimer's disease, the brain interstitial space is an important place where amyloid-β oligomers and aggregates exist. Although tau aggregates are observed inside neurons, extracellular brain interstitial fluid tau has drawn attention because of increasing understanding of cell-to-cell propagation of tau aggregation. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of factors influencing brain interstitial fluid concentrations of amyloid-β and tau, mainly focusing on known epidemiological risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / analysis*
  • Brain*
  • Extracellular Fluid / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • tau Proteins / analysis*

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • tau Proteins