TY -的T1 -同型半胱氨酸与pl协会asma amyloid β protein in aging and neurodegenerative disease JF - Neurology JO - Neurology SP - 1402 LP - 1408 DO - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000183063.99107.5c VL - 65 IS - 9 AU - M. C. Irizarry AU - M. E. Gurol AU - S. Raju AU - R. Diaz-Arrastia AU - J. J. Locascio AU - M. Tennis AU - B. T. Hyman AU - J. H. Growdon AU - S. M. Greenberg AU - T. Bottiglieri Y1 - 2005/11/08 UR - //www.ez-admanager.com/content/65/9/1402.abstract N2 - Background: Elevated plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is reported to be an independent risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD) and cognitive decline. tHcy may potentiate neurotoxic and vasculopathic processes, including amyloid β protein (Aβ) metabolism, implicated in neurodegenerative diseases.Objective: To examine the relationship of plasma total tHcy levels with clinical, demographic, biochemical, and genetic factors in aging, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), AD, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), and Parkinson disease (PD).Methods: Plasma tHcy, folate, vitamin B12, creatinine, and Aβ levels were assessed in individuals evaluated in the Memory, Stroke, and Movement Disorders Units of Massachusetts General Hospital with diagnoses of AD (n = 145), MCI (n = 47), PD (n = 93), CAA (67), hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (hICH) (n = 25), and no dementia (n = 88).Results: The tHcy levels did not differ across AD, MCI, CAA, hICH, and nondemented control subjects but were increased in the PD group (p < 0.01). The elevated levels within the PD group were due to high tHcy in individuals taking levodopa (p < 0.0001). Increasing tHcy was associated with worse cognition in the PD cases, but not the other diagnostic groups. tHcy levels positively correlated with plasma Aβ levels even after adjustments for age and creatinine (p < 0.0001).Conclusions: Mean tHcy levels increased with age but did not discriminate diagnostic groups aside from significant elevation in patients with PD taking levodopa. The positive association between tHcy and plasma Aβ levels raises the possibility that these circulating factors could interact to affect AD risk and cognition in PD. ER -