Highlights from the Latest Articles in Biomarkers in Medicine

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Biomarkers in MedicineVol. 9, No. 1 Research HighlightsHighlights from the latest articles in biomarkers in medicineKatrin BeyerKatrin BeyerDepartment of Pathology, Health Sciences Research Institute of the ‘Germans Trias i Pujol’ Foundation, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain E-mail Address: katrinbeyer@hotmail.comSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:21 Jan 2015https://doi.org/10.2217/bmm.14.93AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail View articleReferences1 Liu CC, Kanekiyo T, Xu H, Bu G. Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer disease: risk, mechanisms and therapy. Nat. Rev. Neurol. 9(2), 106–118 (2013).Crossref, Medline, CAS, Google Scholar2 Rademakers R, Eriksen JL, Baker M et al. Common variation in the miR-659 binding-site of GRN is a major risk factor for TDP43-positive frontotemporal dementia. Hum. Mol. Genet. 17(23), 3631–3642 (2008).Crossref, Medline, CAS, Google Scholar3 Sheng J, Su L, Xu Z, Chen G. Progranulin polymorphism rs5848 is associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. Gene 542(2), 141–145 (2014).Crossref, Medline, CAS, Google Scholar4 Datta A, Qian J, Chong R et al. Novel pathophysiological markers are revealed by iTRAQ-based quantitative clinical proteomics approach in vascular dementia. J. Proteomics 99, 54–67 (2014).Crossref, Medline, CAS, Google Scholar5 Damier P, Hirsch EC, Agid Y, Graybiel AM. The substantia nigra of the human brain. II. Patterns of loss of dopamine-containing neurons in Parkinson's disease. Brain J. Neurol. 122(Pt 8), 1437–1448 (1999).Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar6 Blazejewska AI, Schwarz ST, Pitiot A et al. Visualization of nigrosome 1 and its loss in PD: pathoanatomical correlation and in vivo 7 T MRI. Neurology 81(6), 534–540 (2013).Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar7 Schwarz ST, Afzal M, Morgan PS, Bajaj N, Gowland PA, Auer DP. The ‘swallow tail’ appearance of the healthy nigrosome – a new accurate test of Parkinson's disease: a case–control and retrospective cross-sectional MRI study at 3T. PLoS ONE 9(4), e93814 (2014).Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar8 Iranzo A, Tolosa E, Gelpi E et al. Neurodegenerative disease status and post-mortem pathology in idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: an observational cohort study. Lancet Neurol. 12(5), 443–453 (2013).Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar9 Iranzo A, Fernández-Arcos A, Tolosa E et al. Neurodegenerative disorder risk in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder: study in 174 patients. PLoS ONE 9(2), e89741 (2014).Crossref, Google Scholar10 Chen TZ, Xu GJ, Zhou GA et al. Postural sway in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: a potential marker of prodromal Parkinson's disease. Brain Res. 1559, 26–32 (2014).Crossref, Medline, CAS, Google ScholarFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Vol. 9, No. 1 Follow us on social media for the latest updates Metrics Downloaded 37 times History Published online 21 January 2015 Published in print January 2015 Information© Future Medicine LtdFinancial & competing interests disclosureThe author has no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending or royalties.No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.PDF download