The level of Alzheimer-associated neuronal thread protein in urine may be an important biomarker of mild cognitive impairment

Ma, Lina; Chen, Juan; Wang, Rong; Han, Ying; Zhang, Jingshuang; Dong, Wen; Zhang, Xu; Wu, Yanchuan; Zhao, Zhiwei

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2014.10.011

The level of Alzheimer-associated neuronal thread protein in urine may be an important biomarker of mild cognitive impairment

Increased levels of Alzheimer-associated neuronal thread protein (AD7c-NTP) are often detected in urine in the early course of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which makes it a promising biomarker for AD. However, whether the concentration of urinary AD7c-NTP is increased in patients with mild cognitive…