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Table 3 Staging of Aβ CAA in iCJD and control cases of sCJD and AD

From: Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with Amyloid-β pathology: an international study

Case number

Age (y)

Disease duration (mo)

Codon 129 genotype

PrPSc

type

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Vstl.a score

CAAb type

Neocortex

Thiofl

Hippoc.

Thiofl

Crbl

Thiofl

Midb.

Subcort.

Thiofl

  

iCJD

1 (1)c

26

5

na

na

+++d,e

+f

++

+

+

+

na

-e

-

3

1

2 (19)

29

6

MV

1

+++g

+

+

+

+

nt

+

+

nt

2

2

3 (16)

32

3.5

MV

na

+h

na

-

na

-

na

-

-

na

1

2

4 (8)

44

18

MV

i+2

++++

+

++

-

+

+

-

-

-

3

2

5 (21)

50

14

MM

na

+++g

+

-

nt

-

nt

+

+

nt

1

2

6 (9)

51

14

MM

i

++

+

-

-

+

+

-

-

-

2

2

7 (10)

54

2

MM

1

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

nt

1

2

8 (17)

62

2

na

na

++++

+i

na

na

+

+i

na

na

na

na

na

9 (22)

62

4

VV

na

++g

-

-

nt

+

-

+

+

nt

1

2

10 (23)

71

4

MV

na

-

nt

+

-

+

-

-

-

nt

1

2

11 (27)

75

3

VV

2

++++

-

+

-

+

-

-

-

nt

1

2

mean±SD

50.5±17

7±6

  

69%j

 

35%

 

73%

 

33%

16%

   

sCJD

1 (55)k

49

4

MM

1

+g

-

-

-

-

nt

-

-

nt

1

2

2 (56)

63

4

MM

1

+g

-

++

-

+

-

+

++

nt

1

2

3 (57)

63

3

MV

1

-

-

-

-

+

nt

-

+

nt

1

2

4 (44)

64

1

MM

1

++

+

-

-

-

nt

-

-

-

1

2

5 (58)

71

8

VV

2

+++g

-

++

-

+

-

-

-

nt

1

2

6 (66)

74

4.5

VV

2

+

-

-

nt

-

nt

-

-

nt

1

2

mean±SD

64±9

4±2

  

38%

 

33%

 

50%

 

17%

25%

   

P valuel

    

< 0.03

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

NS

 

= 0.05*

NS*

AD

1

56

60

na

na

++++

+

-

-

+

+

+

+

-

2

2

2

56

60

na

na

++++

+

-

-

+

+

-

-

-

3

2

3

59

na

na

na

++++

-

-

-

+

+

-

-

-

3

2

4

60

130

na

na

++++

-

-n

-

+

-

-

+

+

2

2

5

70

66

na

na

++++

+

+

-

+

+

-

-

-

2

2

6

72

111

na

na

++++

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

3

1

7

74

22

na

na

+++

-

-

-

+

+

-

+

-

3

2

mean±SD

64±8

75±39

  

96%

 

15%

 

100%

 

29%

29%

   

P valuem

    

< 0.006

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

NS

 

< 0.02*

NS*

  1. Phases 1 to 3 refer to Aβ CAA deposition in various brain regions, reflecting disease progression according to Thal et al [61]; aVonsattel (Vstl) 0-3 score of Aβ CAA severity to the highest score in one or more brain locations [66]; bPresence (type 1) or absence (type 2) of Aβ deposits in the cortical capillaries [60]; c,kNumbers in parenthesis in the first column refer to numerals used in cTable 1 and kAdditional file 1: Table S2; dMinus and plus signs indicate absence (-) or presence (+) of Aβ CAA affecting one (+), two (++), three (+++) or four (++++) brain regions in each phase; Phase 1: frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital cortical regions; Phase 2: hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, cerebellum and midbrain; Phase 3: striatum, thalamus; eRefers to one iCJD patient with one missing section from neocortex and subcortical regions; fThe (+) sign under Thiofl (Thioflavin S) indicates presence of positive staining of at least one brain region; the (-) sign indicates that all regions examined had Thioflavin S negative staining; gRefers to 3 iCJD and 3 sCJD cases with missing parietal cortex; hRefers to one iCJD with missing frontal cortex; iPositive staining with Congo red [58]; jPercentage of brain regions with Aβ CAA; l,mFisher’s exact test comparing iCJD to lsCJD or mAD; nRefers to one AD patient with missing entorhinal cortex; y years, mo months Hippoc. hippocampal formation (hippocampus and entorhinal cortex), Crbl cerebellum, Midb. midbrain, Subcort. subcortical regions (striatum and thalamus), na not available, nt not tested, NS not significant, SD standard deviation; *Student’s t-test