Gene expression profiling of brain samples from patients with Lewy body dementia.

ABSTRACT: Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the elderly. The development and progression of DLB remain unclear. In this study we used next generation sequencing to assess RNA expression profiles and cellular processes associated with DLB in the anterior cingulate cortex, a brain region affected by DLB pathology. The expression measurements were made in autopsy brain tissues from 8 DLB subjects and 10 age-matched controls using AmpliSeq technology with ion torrent sequencing. The analysis of RNA expression profiles revealed 490 differentially expressed genes, among which 367 genes were down-regulated and 123 were up-regulated. Functional enrichment analysis of genes differentially expressed in DLB indicated downregulation of genes associated with

SUBMITTER: Pietrzak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5079284 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature