Table 1 Characterization and quantification of pTDP-43-immunopositive spinal cord motor neuron (MN) inclusions, as well as diffuse cytoplasmic pTDP-43 staining and nuclear pan TDP-43 immunoreactivity, in seven micron paraffin-embedded formalin-fixed tissue sections of the cervical and thoracic spinal cord from all post-mortem tissue cases
Case # | Diagnostic group | pTDP-43 morphology | Quantification (%MNs) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Globular | Skein-like | Punctate | Diffuse | Incl./diff | Nuclear | ||
1 | Age-matched control | − | − | − | − | − | +++ |
2 | Age-matched control | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
3 | Age-matched control | − | − | − | − | − | +++ |
4 | Age-matched control | √ | − | − | − | + | ++ |
5 | Age-matched control | − | − | − | − | − | +++ |
6 | Age-matched control | √ | − | − | − | + | +++ |
7 | Age-matched control | − | − | − | − | − | +++ |
8 | Age-matched control | − | − | − | − | − | ++ |
9 | Age-matched control | − | − | − | − | − | ++ |
10 | Age-matched control | √ | − | − | − | + | ++ |
11 | fALS (SOD1, I113T) | − | − | − | √ | + | + |
12 | fALS (SOD1, I113T) | − | − | − | √ | ++ | + |
13 | fALS (SOD1, D101G) | − | − | − | √ | + | + |
14 | fALS (C9ORF72, 30+positive) | − | − | − | √ | ++ | + |
15 | fALS (unknown mutation) | √ | √ | √ | √ | ++ | + |
16 | fALS (C9ORF72, 30+positive) | √ | √ | √ | √ | ++++ | + |
17 | fALS (C9ORF72, 30+positive) | √ | √ | − | √ | +++ | + |
18 | sALS | √ | − | − | √ | +++ | + |
19 | sALS | √ | √ | − | √ | ++++ | + |
20 | sALS | √ | √ | √ | √ | ++++ | + |
21 | sALS | √ | √ | − | √ | ++ | + |
22 | sALS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
23 | sALS | √ | √ | √ | √ | +++ | + |
24 | sALS | √ | √ | √ | √ | ++++ | + |
25 | sALS | √ | √ | √ | √ | ++ | + |
26 | sALS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |