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Erythrocyte aging characteristics in elderly individuals with beginning dementia
G J Bosman1, J G Janzing, I G Bartholomeus
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
An increase in erythrocyte-bound IgG and enhanced breakdown of the erythrocyte anion exchanger band 3, characteristics of normal erythrocyte aging are observed in old, healthy individuals when compared with young donors. These findings indicate that the rate of cellular aging increases with organismal aging. Results from previous studies on the same parameters have suggested that the erythrocyte aging process is disturbed in patients in advanced stages of Alzheimer type dementia, and in individuals with Down's syndrome who show no signs of dementia. In this study we find no changes in erythrocyte aging parameters in old individuals in beginning stages of dementia of various etiologies. We conclude that, in general, characteristics of disturbed erythrocyte aging cannot serve as presymptomatic markers of Alzheimer-type dementia.
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