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Rasheed U, Khan S, Khalid M, Noor A, Zafar S. A systemic analysis of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease cases in Asia. Prion 2024; 18:11-27. [PMID: 38323574 PMCID: PMC10854368 DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2024.2311950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rapidly progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disorder, also known as a subacute spongiform encephalopathy. There are three major subtypes of CJD i.e. Sporadic CJD, which occurs for reasons unbeknown to science (85% of known cases), Genetic or Familial CJD which is characterized by the presence of mutations in the human prion protein (PRNP) gene (10-15% cases) and Iatrogenic CJD that occurs via accidental transmission through medical and surgical procedures (1-2% cases). CJD cases occur globally with 1 case per one million population/year. Considerable data is available related to the incidence and prevalence of CJD in Europe and America. However, the global surveillance database is yet to include Asia even though several Asian countries have their own CJD monitoring units. sCJD is the highest among all CJD cases in Asia. China (1957) and Japan (1705) have reported more cases of sCJD than any Asian country and Hong Kong (1) has reported the least. On the other hand, gCJD is highest in Japan (370) and least in India (2). Our analysis establishes the presence of all variants of CJD across Asia. However, in most Asian countries in general and Southeast Asian countries in particular, CJD cases are misdiagnosed and often underreported. Since Asia is the most populated continent in the world, the actual global prevalence of CJD cannot be estimated until and unless these countries are accounted for. Concrete and reliable surveillance networks are needed across Asia to evaluate the prevalence and incidence of CJD in the region. [Figure: see text]The graphical abstract demonstrates the prevalence of CJD cases in the world and systematically analyses the incidence of CJD in Asian countries between the year 1986-2022. Highest number of cases were reported in Japan followed by China. The study emphasizes the need for assimilation of Asian data in global prevalence.
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- Urwah Rasheed
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Clinical Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Göttingen and the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Robert, Germany
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Jia XX, Hu C, Chen C, Gao LP, Liang DL, Zhou W, Cao RD, Xiao K, Shi Q, Dong XP. Different reactive profiles of calmodulin in the CSF samples of Chinese patients of four types of genetic prion diseases. Front Mol Neurosci 2024; 17:1341886. [PMID: 38390431 PMCID: PMC10881788 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1341886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Background and purpose Calmodulin (CaM) levels exhibit significant elevation in the brain tissue of rodent and cell line models infected with prion, as well as in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients diagnosed with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). However, the status of CSF CaM in patients with genetic prion diseases (gPrDs) remains unclear. This study aims to assess the characteristics of CSF CaM in Chinese patients presenting four subtypes of gPrDs. Methods A total of 103 CSF samples from patients diagnosed with T188K-gCJD, E200K-gCJD, D178N-FFI, P102L-GSS were included in this study, along with 40 CSF samples from patients with non-prion diseases (non-PrDs). The presence of CSF CaM and 14-3-3 proteins was assessed using Western blots analysis, while levels of CSF 14-3-3 and total tau were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). Statistical methods including multivariate logistic regression were employed to evaluate the association between CSF CaM positivity and relevant clinical, laboratory, and genetic factors. Results The positive rates of CSF CaM were significantly higher in cases of T188K-gCJD (77.1%), E200K-gCJD (86.0%), and P102-GSS (90.9%) compared to non-PrD cases (22.5%). In contrast, CSF CaM positivity was slightly elevated in D178N-FFI (34.3%). CSF CaM positivity was remarkably high in patients who tested positive for CSF 14-3-3 by Western blot and exhibited high levels of total tau (≥1400 pg/ml) as measures by ELISA. Multivariate logistic regression analysis confirmed a significant association between CSF CaM positivity and specific mutations in PRNP, as well as with CSF 14-3-3 positivity. Furthermore, the diagnostic performance of CaM surpassed that of 14-3-3 and tau when analyzing CSF samples from T188K-gCJD and E200K-gCJD patients. Conclusion Western blot analysis reveals significant variations in the positivity of CSF CaM among the four genotypes of gPrD cases, demonstrating a positive correlation with 14-3-3 positivity and elevated tau levels in CSF.
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- Xiao-Xi Jia
- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosafety, Shanghai, China
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Shi Q, Xiao K, Gao L, Wu Y, Zhou W, Liang D, Chen C, Dong X. Geographic Diversity in the Incidence of Human Prion Diseases - China, 2006-2019. China CDC Wkly 2023; 5:958-965. [PMID: 38025513 PMCID: PMC10652079 DOI: 10.46234/ccdcw2023.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Introduction Human prion diseases (PrDs) are rare, fatal encephalopathies requiring comprehensive diagnostic analysis. This study examines hospital referral patterns to the Chinese National Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CNS-CJD) from 2006 to 2019. Methods We assessed 1,970 PrD cases referred by various hospitals to CNS-CJD. Referral distributions were analyzed based on provincial-level administrative divisions (PLADs). Differences in referral numbers and confirmed cases between monitored and non-monitored PLADs were statistically evaluated. Results The study included cases from 344 hospitals across 29 Chinese PLADs. Hospital referrals increased over the surveillance years: from 28.2 hospitals annually during 2006-2010, to 64 in 2011-2015, and 107 in 2016-2019. Of these, 12.2% (42/344) of hospitals reported ≥10 PrD cases, accounting for 70.0% (1,379/1,970) of total cases. Referral numbers varied across PLADs, with the top 5 of Beijing (41), Henan (26), Shanghai (21), Guangdong (21), and Jiangsu (21) leading. Additionally, 12 CJD-surveillance PLADs had more referring hospitals and PrD cases than the other 17 non-surveillance PLADs. Conclusions Geographical variations in PrD recognition exist across Chinese PLADs, with certain regions and major cities reporting notably higher case numbers.
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- Qi Shi
- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Key-Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Disease, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China
- China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Rong LL, Lannen NJ, Tank EC, Feistel JL, Therasse CJ, Potluri A, Khan M, Min J. Case report: Two clusters of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases within 1 year in West Michigan. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1134225. [PMID: 37021286 PMCID: PMC10067729 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1134225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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Background Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, rapidly progressive, and uniformly fatal neurodegenerative disease. The reported incidence of CJD is 1 to 2 per million people worldwide annually, with fewer than 1,000 cases in the United States per year. In this study, we report a unique case series on temporo-spatial clusters of CJD cases in West Michigan. Methods A total of five CJD cases consisting of two temporal clusters were seen from July 2021 to June 2022 at Corewell Health West hospitals. All patients had brain MRI, EEG, and CSF tests. Four patients underwent autopsies. Results All patients' MRIs showed characteristic CJD patterns. Four patients had positive CJD panels in CSF. One patient had typical CJD EEG findings. Four patients were confirmed as sporadic CJD by autopsy. All patients died within 3 months after CJD was suspected. Discussion All patients lived within a 90-mile radius of Grand Rapids, MI, and two lived in the same county. West Michigan has a population of 1.6 million people, and the four counties where five patients lived have a combined population of 395,104, indicating CJD's new case rate of 3.1 and 12.5 per million people, respectively. Corewell Health is one of the three major healthcare systems in West Michigan. The actual incidence of CJD in West Michigan is likely even higher. This dense temporal and spatial cluster of CJD cases poses a serious public health challenge and warrants urgent investigation.
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- Ling Ling Rong
- Department of Neurosciences, Corewell Health West, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences, Corewell Health West, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences, Corewell Health West, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences, Corewell Health West, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Corewell Health West, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences, Corewell Health West, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences, Corewell Health West, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences, Corewell Health West, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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Shi Q, Chen C, Xiao K, Zhou W, Gao C, Gao L, Han J, Wang J, Dong X. Characteristics of Different Types of Prion Diseases - China's Surveillance. China CDC Wkly 2022; 4:723-728. [PMID: 36285115 PMCID: PMC9547742 DOI: 10.46234/ccdcw2022.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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This report briefly described the establishment and implementation of national surveillance for human prion disease (PrD) in China. Reported cases came from Chinese surveillance network for PrD. Immunohistochemistry, Western blot, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), and real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) tests were used for the samples of brain, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and blood. Diagnosis standard for the PrDs is based on the National Commission of Health (WS/T 562-2017). The study summarized major epidemiological, clinical and laboratory features of more than 2,100 diagnosed different types of Chinese PrD cases. Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (sCJD) is the predominant type of PrD (88.7%). 19 different genotypes of genetic PrDs (gPrDs) were identified, accounting for about 11.3% of all PrDs, revealing ethno-relationships. No iatrogenic CJD (iCJD) and variant CJD (vCJD) was identified. The characteristics of different types of sCJD in China showed similar features as those reported globally, but gPrDs showed an obvious ethno-relationship.
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- Qi Shi
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China,Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China,Division of Science and Technology, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China,Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China,Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosafety, Shanghai Municipality, China,Xiaoping Dong,
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Kosami K, Ae R, Hamaguchi T, Sanjo N, Tsukamoto T, Kitamoto T, Yamada M, Mizusawa H, Nakamura Y. Methionine homozygosity for PRNP polymorphism and susceptibility to human prion diseases. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2022; 93:779-784. [PMID: 35387866 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2021-328720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND No studies have assessed the independent association of methionine homozygosity at codon 129 with the susceptibility to prion diseases, controlling for the effects of the codon 219 polymorphisms and other potential confounders, using a large-scale population-based dataset. METHODS We conducted a case-control study using a Japanese nationwide surveillance database for prion diseases. The main exposure was methionine homozygosity at codon 129, and the outcome was development of prion diseases. Multivariable logistic regression models were employed for specific disease subtypes (sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), genetic CJD and Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS)). RESULTS Of 5461 patients registered in the database, 2440 cases and 796 controls remained for the analysis. The cases comprised 1676 patients with sporadic CJD (69%), 649 with genetic CJD (27%) and 115 with GSS (5%). For patients with methionine homozygosity, potential risk for occurring prion diseases: adjusted OR (95% CI) was 2.21 (1.46 to 3.34) in sporadic CJD, 0.47 (0.32 to 0.68) in genetic CJD and 0.3 (0.17 to 0.55) in GSS. Among patients with specific prion protein abnormalities, the potential risk was 0.27 (0.17 to 0.41) in genetic CJD with 180 Val/Ile, 1.66 (0.65 to 5.58) in genetic CJD with 200 Glu/Lys, 3.97 (1.2 to 24.62) in genetic CJD with 232 Met/Arg and 0.71 (0.34 to 1.67) in GSS with 102 Pro/Leu. CONCLUSIONS Methionine homozygosity at codon 129 was predisposing to sporadic CJD, but protective against genetic CJD and GSS, after adjustment for codon 219 polymorphism effect. However, the impacts differed completely among patients with specific prion protein abnormalities.
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- Koki Kosami
- Division of Public Health, Center for Community Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- Division of Public Health, Center for Community Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- Neurology & Neurobiology of Aging, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kudanzaka Hospital, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Public Health, Center for Community Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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Xiao K, Pang MF, Zhao YQ, Gao LP, Wu YZ, Wang Y, Shi Q, Dong XP. Difference of geographic distributions of the Chinese patients with prion diseases in the permanent resident places and referring places. Prion 2022; 16:58-65. [PMID: 35638100 PMCID: PMC9176242 DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2022.2080921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Human prion diseases (PrDs) are a group of transmissible neurodegenerative diseases that can be clarified as sporadic, genetic and iatrogenic forms. In this study, we have analysed the time and geographic distributions of 2011 PrD cases diagnosed by China National Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CNS-CJD) since 2006, including 1792 sporadic CJD (sCJD) cases and 219 gPrD cases. Apparently, the cases numbers of both sCJD and gPrD increased along with the surveillance years, showing a stepping up every five years. The geographic distributions of the PrDs cases based on the permanent residences were wide, distributing in 30 out of 31 provincial-level administrative divisions in Chinese mainland. However, the case numbers in the provincial level varied largely. The provinces in the eastern part of China had much more cases than those in the western part. Normalized the case numbers with the total population each province revealed higher incidences in six provinces. Further, the resident and referring places of all PrD cases were analysed, illustrating a clear concentrating pattern of referring in the large metropolises. Five provincial-level administrative divisions reported more PrD cases from other provinces than the local ones. Particularly, BJ reported not only more than one-fourth of all PrDs cases in Chinese mainland but also 3.64-fold more PrDs cases from other provinces than its local ones. We believed that good medical resources, well-trained programmes and knowledge of PrDs in the clinicians and the CDC staffs contributed to well-referring PrD cases in those large cities.
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- Kang Xiao
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Global Public Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Global Public Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, Shanghai, China.,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, Shanghai, China.,Center for Global Public Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, Shanghai, China.,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.,Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China.,Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosafety, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Kong Y, Chen Z, Zhang J, Wu L. Erythrocyte Indices in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Predict Survival Time. Front Neurol 2022; 13:839081. [PMID: 35237232 PMCID: PMC8884143 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.839081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease caused by propagation of abnormally folded prion proteins (PrPSc). Some fluid biomarkers have been reported to be associated with disease duration in CJD. Based on studies which have found that prion protein (PrPC) played a role in erythrocytic hematopoiesis, we evaluated the association between peripheral red blood cell indices and survival time in CJD. Methods We retrospectively collected data on peripheral red blood cell indices, including red blood cell (RBC) count, hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and red cell distribution width (RDW), from 125 CJD patients. Cox proportional hazard models were generated to determine whether red cell indices correlated with survival time of patients with CJD. Results Of the 125 included participants, 70 (56%) were male, and the mean age at diagnosis (SD) was 60.3 (9.5) years. Hemoglobin levels (hazard ratio 1.710, 95% CI 1.124–2.600, p = 0.012) and HCT (hazard ratio 1.689, 95% CI 1.112–2.565, p=0.014) were significantly associated with survival time after controlling for sex, age, and Barthel Index. Red blood cell count, MCV, MCH, MCHC, and RDW were not associated with survival time before or after adjusting for covariates. Conclusions Our study found that Hb and HCT were significantly associated with survival time in patients with CJD. These results may inform evaluation of the mechanisms of interaction between prion disease and hematopoiesis, and indicate that Hb and HCT may be potential prognostic biomarkers.
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- Yu Kong
- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Feng S, Zhao X, Zhou X, Ye X, Yu X, Jiang W, Deng Y, Zhou S, Ma L, Shan P, Zhou G. Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A Retrospective Study in Eastern China. Front Neurol 2021; 12:700485. [PMID: 34690910 PMCID: PMC8526550 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.700485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Objective: We aimed to characterize the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) in eastern China in this retrospective study. Methods: This study enrolled 67 patients with sCJD hospitalized in a grade-A tertiary hospital in eastern China from January 2010 to January 2020. Demographic data, clinical symptoms, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalogram (EEG), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 14-3-3 protein test, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and DNA sequence determination of genes were collected and analyzed. Results: There were 62 patients with probable sCJD and 5 patients with possible sCJD. Male (28 cases) to female (39 cases) ratio was 1:1.39. Mean age at disease onset was 64.42 ± 9.00 years (range: 29-88 years), and mean survival time was 9.39 ± 12.58 months (range: 1-60 months for patients who received the follow-ups). The most common onset symptoms were dementia (49.25%), movement disorder (44.78%), and visual disturbance (22.39%), while the most frequent clinical manifestations were language disorders (74.63%), ataxia (70.15%), and myoclonus (70.15%). The positive rates of brain MRI abnormalities, 14-3-3 protein in CSF, and periodic sharp wave complexes (PSWCs) on EEG were 84.90, 68.00, and 46.03%, respectively. The 14-3-3 protein positive (p = 0.033) and PSWCs on EEG (p = 0.020) acted as the favorable and unfavorable factor for over 1 year of survival time, respectively. Conclusions: There were some differences in epidemiological and clinical characteristics among patients in China and those of other countries. The prognosis and its influencing factors were relatively unexplored in China. The mean survival time of Chinese patients was longer than that of Caucasian patients but shorter than that of Japanese patients. The 14-3-3 protein in CSF and PSWCs on EEG were both closely related to the survival time. It is necessary to promote autopsy or biopsy to better understand sCJD in China.
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- Shuo Feng
- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Geriatric Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Geriatric Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Geriatric Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Geriatric Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Geriatric Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Geriatric Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Geriatric Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Shi Q, Chen C, Xiao K, Zhou W, Gao LP, Chen DD, Wu YZ, Wang Y, Hu C, Gao C, Dong XP. Genetic Prion Disease: Insight from the Features and Experience of China National Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Neurosci Bull 2021; 37:1570-1582. [PMID: 34487324 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-021-00764-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Human genetic prion diseases (gPrDs) are directly associated with mutations and insertions in the PRNP (Prion Protein) gene. We collected and analyzed the data of 218 Chinese gPrD patients identified between Jan 2006 and June 2020. Nineteen different subtypes were identified and gPrDs accounted for 10.9% of all diagnosed PrDs within the same period. Some subtypes of gPrDs showed a degree of geographic association. The age at onset of Chinese gPrDs peaked in the 50-59 year group. Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) and fatal familial insomnia (FFI) cases usually displayed clinical symptoms earlier than genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (gCJD) patients with point mutations. A family history was more frequently recalled in P105L GSS and D178N FFI patients than T188K and E200K patients. None of the E196A gCJD patients reported a family history. The gCJD cases with point mutations always developed clinical manifestations typical of sporadic CJD (sCJD). EEG examination was not sensitive for gPrDs. sCJD-associated abnormalities on MRI were found in high proportions of GSS and gCJD patients. CSF 14-3-3 positivity was frequently detected in gCJD patients. Increased CSF tau was found in more than half of FFI and T188K gCJD cases, and an even higher proportion of E196A and E200K gCJD patients. 63.6% of P105L GSS cases showed a positive reaction in cerebrospinal fluid RT-QuIC. GSS and FFI cases had longer durations than most subtypes of gCJD. This is one of the largest studies of gPrDs in East Asians, and the illness profile of Chinese gPrDs is clearly distinct. Extremely high proportions of T188K and E196A occur among Chinese gPrDs; these mutations are rarely reported in Caucasians and Japanese.
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- Qi Shi
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China. .,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.,Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430064, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China. .,Center for Global Public Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China. .,Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430064, China. .,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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Clinical Presentation of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Han-Chinese. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2019; 34:188-190. [PMID: 31651418 DOI: 10.1097/wad.0000000000000350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The clinical presentation in Chinese patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) may be unique due to the big difference in the codon 129 polymorphism of the prion protein gene (PRNP). This study retrospectively reviewed 26 cases of sCJD diagnosed in a single center in recent years. All 26 sCJD patients received brain magnetic resonance imaging scan, cerebrospinal fluid 14-3-3 protein detection, electroencephalogram, and PRNP gene screening. The codon 129 polymorphism were all homozygous MM in 26 sCJD patients. The main onset symptoms of sCJD patients were rapidly progressive dementia, visual impairment, and cerebellar ataxia. At the time of diagnosis, the incidence of myoclonus and akinetic mutism were relatively low (<50%). For auxiliary examinations, the positive rate of the typical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities, cerebrospinal fluid 14-3-3 protein, and electroencephalogram-periodic sharp wave complex was 96%, 64%, and 50%, respectively. As MM genotype is dominant and brain MRI is sensitive, brain MRI seems to play a major role in diagnosis of sCJD in Chinese.
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Zhou RY, Zhou Y, Zhang H, Hu Q, Zhu J, Zhao J, Chen S, Liu R, Hu W, Zhang X, Xuan X, Liao Y, Chen T. Public health concerns regarding sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in China: a case series. J Int Med Res 2019; 47:3972-3977. [PMID: 31331215 PMCID: PMC6726827 DOI: 10.1177/0300060519862067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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In this study, we report three cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in China, two confirmed cases and one probable case. The aim of this study was to enrich the data regarding clinical and epidemiological features of this disease and to provide reference for the diagnosis, control, and prevention of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
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- Ru-Yi Zhou
- Xixiang Preventive Health Care Center of Baoan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Office of Infectious Disease Control, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Office of Infectious Disease Control, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Division of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Utah, 201 Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Office of Infectious Disease Control, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Office of Infectious Disease Control, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Office of Infectious Disease Control, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Office of Infectious Disease Control, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Office of Infectious Disease Control, Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China
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Xiao K, Shi Q, Zhou W, Zhang BY, Wang Y, Chen C, Ma Y, Gao C, Dong XP. T188K-Familial Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease, Predominant Among Chinese, has a Reactive Pattern in CSF RT-QuIC Different from D178N-Fatal Familial Insomnia and E200K-Familial CJD. Neurosci Bull 2019; 35:519-521. [PMID: 30838505 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-019-00354-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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- Kang Xiao
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China. .,Center for Global Public Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
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Xiao K, Shi Q, Zhou W, Gao C, Chen C, Zhang BY, Wang J, Dong XP. Evaluation of the effect of various main elements on the PrPSc detection by real-time quaking-induced conversion assay. Int J Mol Med 2018; 42:3231-3237. [PMID: 30221654 PMCID: PMC6202096 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2018.3867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In order to definitively diagnosis sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), brain tissue is currently required. Therefore, there is a great need for tests that can detect sCJD in body fluids or other types of tissues. Different variables, including the amount of recombinant celluar prion protein (rPrPC), salt, cleaning surfactants and thioflavin T (ThT), in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were evaluated. The reagent concentrations of 1X PBS, 170 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 0.01 mM ThT and 0.001% SDS, and the amounts of 10 µg rPrPC and 10 µl CSF were considered to be optimal for the real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) assay. Using these conditions, the RT-QuIC assay for prion protein (PrPSc) detection was observed to be sensitive to 10−8 diluted brain homogenates of hamsters infected with the 263K scrapie strain. Furthermore, CSF samples from 70 probable sCJD cases and 48 non-CJD cases were preliminarily screened. A substantial proportion of sCJD samples (57.14%) tested positive by RT-QuIC, with a short lag phase (<50 h post-reaction) and high peak ThT values (>25,000 relative fluorescence units). By contrast, only a small number of non-CJD samples displayed weakly positive results, and these were detected at a later stage (>50 h post-reaction) and had much lower ThT values. In conclusion, the RT-QuIC assay in CSF samples reported in the present study may provide a useful pre-mortem tool for the diagnosis of sCJD, particularly in China where postmortem examination is rarely conducted.
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- Kang Xiao
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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Shi Q, Zhou W, Chen C, Gao C, Xiao K, Wang J, Zhang BY, Wang Y, Zhang F, Dong XP. Quality evaluation for the surveillance system of human prion diseases in China based on the data from 2010 to 2016. Prion 2017; 10:484-491. [PMID: 27690734 DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2016.1229731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The surveillance of CJD or human prion diseases (PrDs) has been conducted for 10 y in China. To evaluate the quality of China CJD surveillance system, the collections of the clinical and epidemiological information, the sampling, the clinical examinations and laboratory tests and follow-up survey were separately analyzed based on the data from 2010 to 2015. The obtaining rates of clinical-information table, epidemiological-information table, sample inspection sheet and medical record of the referring patients from reporting units to the center of CJD surveillance maintained or reached at very high levels, being close to 100% in the past 3 y. 93.82%, 85.23%, 96.21% and 94.70% of the reported cases had the data of MRI, EEG, CSF 14-3-3 and PRNP sequencing, respectively. Follow-up surveys were conducted in about 50% cases in 2010 and 2011, 93.39% cases in 2012 and 100% cases in the last 3 y. High obtaining rates of the clinical and epidemiological data, high conducting rates of the relevant clinical examinations and laboratory tests, high performing rates of follow-up survey for every referring case reflect a good implemental capacity in China CJD surveillance system, which supplies solid basis for recognition and diagnosis of human prion diseases and guarantees good quality of China CJD surveillance system.
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- Qi Shi
- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China
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- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China
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- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China
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- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China
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- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China
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- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China
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- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China
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- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China
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- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China
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- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou), National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , People's Republic of China.,b Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , People's Republic of China
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Razmeh S, Almasi M, Habibi AH, Alizadeh E. Rapidly progressive dementia and unilateral jerky movements: a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Postgrad Med J 2016; 92:688-690. [DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Shi Q, Zhang XC, Zhou W, Xiao K, Chen C, Zhang HY, Sun JY, Chen LN, Zhang XM, Han J, Dong XP. Analysis of the advantage features of Beijing surveillance network for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Prion 2016; 9:304-14. [PMID: 26251963 DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2015.1075115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Since 2006, China has conducted the surveillance program for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and other subtypes of prion diseases covering 12 provinces. In this study, the characteristics and special role of Beijing CJD surveillance network in the national CJD surveillance system were analyzed. Based on the registered permanent resident places, all reporting suspected CJD cases and diagnosed CJD cases via Beijing CJD surveillance network between 2006 and 2013 were grouped as the cases from Beijing and from outside of Beijing. Both numbers of the suspected and diagnosed CJD cases via Beijing CJD surveillance network constantly increased along with the years, totally 532 reporting cases and 192 diagnosed CJD cases were obtained in the past 8 y. About 75% of suspected and diagnosed CJD cases via Beijing CJD surveillance network came from other provinces, mainly from neighboring provinces. Altogether, 46 different hospitals in the Beijing region have reported suspected CJD cases to the CJD surveillance system during the period from 2006 to 2013. Five hospitals continually reported suspected CJD cases during those 8 y and 5 other hospitals had reported cases except for 1 to 2 y. Additionally, we found that the diagnosed CJD patients from Beijing region had less numbers of hospital transfer and shorter interval from the disease onset to the final diagnosis than those outside of Beijing. It indicates that as the most important component, Beijing CJD surveillance network functions more actively, which supplies the special medical services not only for Beijing residents but also for patients from all of China.
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- Qi Shi
- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control; National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention ; Beijing , China
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Shi Q, Zhou W, Chen C, Zhang BY, Xiao K, Zhang XC, Shen XJ, Li Q, Deng LQ, Dong JH, Lin WQ, Huang P, Jiang WJ, Lv J, Han J, Dong XP. The Features of Genetic Prion Diseases Based on Chinese Surveillance Program. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139552. [PMID: 26488179 PMCID: PMC4619501 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Objective To identify the features of Chinese genetic prion diseases. Methods Suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) cases that were reported under CJD surveillance were diagnosed and subtyped using the diagnostic criteria issued by the WHO. The general information concerning the patient, their clinical, MRI and EEG data, and the results of CSF 14-3-3 and PRNP sequencing were carefully collected from the database of the national CJD surveillance program and analyzed using the SPSS 11.5 statistical software program. Results Since 2006, 69 patients were diagnosed with genetic prion diseases and as having 15 different mutations. The median age of the 69 patients at disease onset was 53.5 years, varying from 19 to 80 years. The majority of patients displaying clinical symptoms were in the 50–59 years of age. FFI, T188K gCJD and E200K were the three most common subtypes. The disease appeared in the family histories of 43.48% of the patients. The clinical manifestations varied considerably among the various diseases. Patients who carried mutations in the N-terminus displayed a younger age of onset, were CSF 14-3-3 negative, had a family history of the condition, and experienced a longer duration of the condition. The clinical courses of T188K were significantly shorter than those of FFI and E200K gCJD, while the symptoms in the FFI group appeared at a younger age and for a longer duration. Moreover, the time intervals between the initial neurologist visit to the final diagnosis were similar among patients with FFI, T188K gCJD, E200K gCJD and other diseases. Conclusion The features of Chinese genetic prion diseases are different from those seen in Europe and other Asian countries.
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- Qi Shi
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
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- Henan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou, China
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- An hui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, China
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- Department of infectious disease control and Prevention, Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changchun, China
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- Shaanxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xi’an, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dashing Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou, China
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- Deptartment of Acute Communicable Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, GuiZhou province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guiyang, GuiZhou, China
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- Tianjin Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Hua Yue Street, Hedong District, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhang XM, Xiao K, Zhou W, Chen C, Lv Y, Chen LN, Shi Q, Dong XP. Analysis of the compliance and the related influence factors in the follow-up process of surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in China. Prion 2015; 8:359-68. [PMID: 25482599 DOI: 10.4161/19336896.2014.983747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a kind of rare, rapidly progressive fatal central nervous system disorders. In China, the surveillance for CJD has started since 2006. As one of the major issues in CJD surveillance, the follow-up process via telephone plays important role in CJD diagnosis and surveillance. Although the follow-up process was conducted by the experiential staffs from CJD surveillance center in China CDC, it is frequently encountered that some interviewed family members do not cooperate well during follow-up. To screen the possible factors influence on the compliances of the interviewees during CJD follow-up, 11 independent variables from patient aspect and 4 variables from interviewee aspect were selected and a questionnaire was prepared. Based on 199 suspected sporadic CJD cases reported to CJD surveillance center in 2013, a telephone-inquiring was conducted and the degree of compliances of the interviewees were given as good, fair or poor. After screened with univariate analysis and evaluated ordinal logistic regression analysis, several indictors, such as the patient gender, CJD diagnosis, numbers of clinical symptoms, continual medical treatment after diagnosis, medical treatment mode, as well as the relationship with the patient and CJD knowledge of the interviewees, showed influence on the compliance in CJD follow-up process significantly. The data here provide for the first time the factors related with the compliances of the interviewed family members of the suspected CJD patients during follow-up process, which supplies useful clue for us to improve CJD follow-up process and increase the capacity of CJD surveillance.
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- Xiao-Mei Zhang
- a State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases ; Zhejiang University ; Hangzhou ; Beijing , China
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Cui Y, Han J. A proposed definition of rare diseases for China: from the perspective of return on investment in new orphan drugs. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2015; 10:28. [PMID: 25757391 PMCID: PMC4353681 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-015-0241-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A prevalence threshold to define rare diseases is needed for orphan drug designation. Here, we propose a bottom-up approach to defining rare diseases for China, based on the minimum number of patients needed for the industry to make a reasonable profit on a new drug. To obtain this patient population size, we considered three factors: (1) the industry research and development cost per new drug; (2) the sales per new drug to recoup its research and development costs and generate profit; (3) the highest affordable cost for one patient's treatment in a given healthcare system. Using this model, we estimate that, with the current level of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry in China, between 300,000 and 500,000 patients could be a reference threshold to define rare diseases. Compared with other proposals, this evidence-based definition is more useful for designing rare diseases and orphan drug policies for China.
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- Yazhou Cui
- Shandong Academy of Medical Science, Shandong Medical Biotechnological Center, Key Laboratory for Biotech Drugs of the Ministry of Health, Jinan, 250062, China.
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- Shandong Academy of Medical Science, Shandong Medical Biotechnological Center, Key Laboratory for Biotech Drugs of the Ministry of Health, Jinan, 250062, China.
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Sejvar J. Neuroepidemiology and the epidemiology of viral infections of the nervous system. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2014; 123:67-87. [PMID: 25015481 PMCID: PMC4732278 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-53488-0.00003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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The field of neurovirology will undoubtedly experience evolution and change in the years to come. The epidemiology of viral CNS diseases continues to change, and as our understanding of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology associated with viral agents grows, so does our understanding of the behavior of these pathogens among populations. The appearance of viral pathogens in newsettings, new or unrecognized modes of transmission,and the emergence of previously unrecognized pathogens will continue to challenge our laboratory diagnostic and epidemiologic capabilities. However, each lesson that is learned from this evolving epidemiology will hopefully result in improved surveillance, diagnostic,and treatment and prevention capabilities.
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- James Sejvar
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Lee J, Hyeon JW, Kim SY, Hwang KJ, Ju YR, Ryou C. Review: Laboratory diagnosis and surveillance of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. J Med Virol 2014; 87:175-86. [PMID: 24978677 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a representative human transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with central nervous system degeneration. Prions, the causative agents of CJD, are composed of misfolded prion proteins and are able to self-replicate. While CJD is a rare disease affecting only 1-1.5 people per million worldwide annually, it has attracted both scientific and public attention as a threatening disease since an epidemic of variant CJD (vCJD) cases appeared in the mid-1990s. Due to its unconventional transmission and invariable fatality, CJD poses a serious risk to public health. The hundreds of sporadic, genetic, and iatrogenic CJD cases as well as potential zoonotic transmission suggest that CJD is an ongoing concern for the field of medicine. Nevertheless, treatment aimed at clinical prevention and treatment that reverses the course of disease does not exist currently. Active surveillance and effective laboratory diagnosis of CJD are, therefore, critical. In this report, the surveillance systems and laboratory tests used currently to diagnose CJD in different countries are reviewed. The current efforts to improve surveillance and diagnosis for CJD using molecular and biochemical findings are also described.
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- Jeongmin Lee
- Division of Zoonoses, Center for Immunology & Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Diseases Control & Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
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Chen C, Shi Q, Zhou W, Zhang XC, Dong JH, Hu XQ, Song XN, Liu AF, Tian C, Wang JC, Gao C, Zhang J, Han J, Dong XP. Clinical and familial characteristics of eight Chinese patients with T188K genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2012; 14:120-4. [PMID: 23261545 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2012] [Revised: 11/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Eight cases of rare genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (gCJD) with a mutation T188K in PRNP have been identified and diagnosed genetically in China since 2006. Among the eight cases, the median age of disease onset was 58years old (ranging from 39 to 76years old). Progressive dementia and pyramidal or extrapyramidal dysfunction appeared in all cases and lasted during the entire clinical course. Myoclonus and visual or cerebellar disturbances were also frequently observed. The median duration of disease was 3months. Cerebral MRI findings revealed high caudate and putamen signals in four out of eight cases. CSF in six out of eight patients tested positive for the 14-3-3 protein. Only one case showed periodic sharp-waves (PSW) in EEG. Most cases lacked a family history of associated diseases, though one patient's mother died of a neurologic disorder without a definite diagnosis. Our data reveal that Chinese T188K gCJD cases have clinical characteristics similar to that of sporadic CJD (sCJD). Compared with other inherited prion disease-associated mutations in China, the genetic frequencies of T188K in PRNP of Han-Chinese are relatively high.
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- Cao Chen
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changbai Rd. 155, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China
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McGuire LI, Peden AH, Orrú CD, Wilham JM, Appleford NE, Mallinson G, Andrews M, Head MW, Caughey B, Will RG, Knight RSG, Green AJE. Real time quaking-induced conversion analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Ann Neurol 2012; 72:278-85. [PMID: 22926858 DOI: 10.1002/ana.23589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Current cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tests for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) are based on the detection of surrogate markers of neuronal damage such as CSF 14-3-3, which are not specific for sCJD. A number of prion protein conversion assays have been developed, including real time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC). The objective of this study is to investigate whether CSF RT-QuIC analysis could be used as a diagnostic test in sCJD. METHODS An exploratory study was undertaken that analyzed 108 CSF samples from patients with neuropathologically confirmed sCJD or from control patients. Of the 108 CSF samples, 56 were from sCJD patients (30 female, 26 male; aged 31-84 years; mean age, 62.3 ± 13.5 years), and 52 were from control patients (26 female, 26 male; aged 43-84 years; mean age, 67.8 ± 10.4 years). A confirmatory group of 118 patients was subsequently examined that consisted of 67 cases of neuropathologically confirmed sCJD (33 female, 34 male; aged 39-82 years; mean age, 67.5 ± 9.0 years) and 51 control cases (26 female, 25 male; aged 36-87 years; mean age, 63.5 ± 11.6 years). RESULTS The exploratory study showed that RT-QuIC analysis had a sensitivity of 91% and a specificity of 98% for the diagnosis of sCJD. These results were confirmed in the confirmatory study, which showed that CSF RT-QuIC analysis had a sensitivity and specificity of 87% and 100%, respectively. INTERPRETATION This study shows that CSF RT-QuIC analysis has the potential to be a more specific diagnostic test for sCJD than current CSF tests.
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- Lynne I McGuire
- National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Research & Surveillance Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Gao C, Shi Q, Tian C, Chen C, Han J, Zhou W, Zhang BY, Jiang HY, Zhang J, Dong XP. The epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory features of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients in China: surveillance data from 2006 to 2010. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24231. [PMID: 21904617 PMCID: PMC3164193 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, rapidly progressive fatal central nervous system disorder, which consists of three main catalogues: sporadic, familial, and iatrogenic CJD. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In China, the surveillance for CJD started in 2006, covering 12 provincial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs) and 15 hospitals. From 2006 to 2010, 624 suspected patients were referred to China CJD surveillance. The epidemiological, clinical and laboratory features of sporadic CJD (sCJD) were analysed. Both groups of probable and possible sCJD showed highest incidences in the population of 60 to 69 year-olds. The most common presenting symptoms were progressive dementia and mental-related symptoms (neurological symptoms including sleeping turbulence, depression, anxiety and stress). Among the four main clinical manifestations, myoclonus was more frequently observed in the probable sCJD patients. About 2/3 of probable sCJD cases showed positive 14-3-3 in CSF and/or periodic sharp wave complexes (PSWC) in electroencephalography (EEG). The presence of myoclonus was significantly closely related with the appearance of PSWC in EEG. Polymorphisms of codon 129 in PRNP of the notified cases revealed a highly predominant M129M genotype in Han Chinese. Among 23 genetic human prion diseases, ten were D178N/M129M Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) and five were T188K genetic CJD (gCJD), possibly indicating a special distribution of gCJD-related mutations in Han Chinese. CONCLUSION From the period of 2006 to 2010, 261 patients were diagnosed as sCJD and 23 patients were diagnosed as genetic human prion diseases in China. The epidemiological, clinical and laboratory analysis data were consistent with the characteristics of sporadic CJD, which provide insight into the features of CJD in China.
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- Chen Gao
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Nagoshi K, Sadakane A, Nakamura Y, Yamada M, Mizusawa H. Duration of prion disease is longer in Japan than in other countries. J Epidemiol 2011; 21:255-62. [PMID: 21628843 PMCID: PMC3899417 DOI: 10.2188/jea.je20100085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prion diseases are untreatable, progressive, and fatal brain disorders that occur worldwide, and the annual incidence rate is approximately 1 case per 1 million people. The duration of these diseases in Japan is unclear. METHODS Based on data from 1 April 1999 through 4 September 2008 provided by the Japanese Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) surveillance program, we analyzed disease duration and its relationship with clinical features. Duration was assumed to be the time from disease onset to death. RESULTS Evaluation by the surveillance committee indicated that during the observed period 1128 individuals received a diagnosis of prion disease and were registered in the surveillance program. Mean disease duration in the 855 patients who died was 17.4 months. Overall, 46.0% of patients died within 1 year and 77.2% died in less than 2 years. Among those with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which represented 77.0% of cases, mean disease duration was 15.7 months, while that of patients surveyed by the European Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Surveillance Network (EUROCJD) was only 5 months. CONCLUSIONS Disease duration among Japanese with prion diseases was much longer than that of patients in Western countries conducting surveillance of prion diseases. This finding suggests that the characteristics of the system for providing life-sustaining treatment for patients with fatal, progressive diseases in Japan are related to the longer duration of these illnesses.
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- Kiwamu Nagoshi
- Department of Public Health, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
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Shi Q, Chen C, Song XN, Gao C, Tian C, Zhou W, Song XH, Yao LS, Han J, Dong XP. A Chinese Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patient with E196K mutation in PRNP. Prion 2011; 5:117-20. [PMID: 21597335 DOI: 10.4161/pri.5.2.15846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (gCJD) is caused by a range of mutations in the prion protein gene (PRNP) and account for approximately 10-15% of overall human prion diseases worldwide. They are different with disease onset, disease duration, clinical signs and diagnostic findings. Here we reported a 71 year-old female with an E196K mutation in one PRNP allele, while the codon 129 was a methionine homozygous genotype. The patient started with non-specific symptoms, but displayed rapidly progressive disturbances of speech, memory, cognitive and physical movement. No periodic activity was recorded at electroencephalography (EEG) during the entire disease course. Retrospective investigation of her family members did not reveal similar neurological disorders. Total clinical course was about seven months.
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- Qi Shi
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Wang X, Shi Q, Xu K, Gao C, Chen C, Li XL, Wang GR, Tian C, Han J, Dong XP. Familial CJD associated PrP mutants within transmembrane region induced Ctm-PrP retention in ER and triggered apoptosis by ER stress in SH-SY5Y cells. PLoS One 2011; 6:e14602. [PMID: 21298055 PMCID: PMC3029303 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2010] [Accepted: 01/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Genetic prion diseases are linked to point and inserted mutations in the prion protein (PrP) gene that are presumed to favor conversion of the cellular isoform of PrP (PrPC) to the pathogenic one (PrPSc). The pathogenic mechanisms and the subcellular sites of the conversion are not completely understood. Here we introduce several PRNP gene mutations (such as, PrP-KDEL, PrP-3AV, PrP-A117V, PrP-G114V, PrP-P102L and PrP-E200K) into the cultured cells in order to explore the pathogenic mechanism of familial prion disease. Methodology/Principal Findings To address the roles of aberrant retention of PrP in endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the recombinant plasmids expressing full-length human PrP tailed with an ER signal peptide at the COOH-terminal (PrP-KDEL) and PrP with three amino acids exchange in transmembrane region (PrP-3AV) were constructed. In the preparations of transient transfections, 18-kD COOH-terminal proteolytic resistant fragments (Ctm-PrP) were detected in the cells expressing PrP-KDEL and PrP-3AV. Analyses of the cell viabilities in the presences of tunicamycin and brefeldin A revealed that expressions of PrP-KDEL and PrP-3AV sensitized the transfected cells to ER stress stimuli. Western blots and RT-PCR identified the clear alternations of ER stress associated events in the cells expressing PrP-KDEL and PrP-3AV that induced ER mediated apoptosis by CHOP and capase-12 apoptosis pathway. Moreover, several familial CJD related PrP mutants were transiently introduced into the cultured cells. Only the mutants within the transmembrane region (G114V and A117V) induced the formation of Ctm-PrP and caused the ER stress, while the mutants outside the transmembrane region (P102L and E200K) failed. Conclusions/Significance The data indicate that the retention of PrP in ER through formation of Ctm-PrP results in ER stress and cell apoptosis. The cytopathic activities caused by different familial CJD associated PrP mutants may vary, among them the mutants within the transmembrane region undergo an ER-stress mediated cell apoptosis.
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- Xin Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiao-Tong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Nozaki I, Hamaguchi T, Sanjo N, Noguchi-Shinohara M, Sakai K, Nakamura Y, Sato T, Kitamoto T, Mizusawa H, Moriwaka F, Shiga Y, Kuroiwa Y, Nishizawa M, Kuzuhara S, Inuzuka T, Takeda M, Kuroda S, Abe K, Murai H, Murayama S, Tateishi J, Takumi I, Shirabe S, Harada M, Sadakane A, Yamada M. Prospective 10-year surveillance of human prion diseases in Japan. Brain 2010; 133:3043-57. [PMID: 20855418 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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We analysed the epidemiological data and clinical features of patients with prion diseases that had been registered by the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Committee, Japan, over the past 10 years, since 1999. We obtained information on 1685 Japanese patients suspected as having prion diseases and judged that 1222 patients had prion diseases, consisting of definite (n=180, 14.7%) and probable (n=1029, 84.2%) cases, except for dura mater graft-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease which also included possible cases (n=13, 1.1%). They were classified into 922 (75.5%) with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, 216 (17.7%) with genetic prion diseases, 81 (6.6%) with acquired prion diseases, including 80 cases of dura mater graft-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and one case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and three cases of unclassified Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (0.2%). The annual incidence rate of prion disease ranged from 0.65 in 1999 to 1.10 in 2006, with an average of 0.85, similar to European countries. Although methionine homozygosity at codon 129 polymorphism of the prion protein gene was reported to be very common (93%) in the general Japanese population, sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Japan was significantly associated with codon 129 homozygosity (97.5%), as reported in western countries. In sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, MM1 type (Parchi's classification) is the most common, as in western countries. Among atypical sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases, the MM2 type appeared most common, probably related to the very high proportion of methionine allele in the Japanese population. As for iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, only dura mater graft-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cases were reported in Japan and, combined with the data from previous surveillance systems, the total number of dura mater graft-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was 138, comprising the majority of worldwide dura mater graft-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients. Regarding genetic prion diseases, the most common mutation of prion protein gene was V180I (41.2%), followed by P102L (18.1%), E200K (17.1%) and M232R (15.3%), and this distribution was quite different from that in Europe. In particular, V180I and M232R were quite rare mutations worldwide. Patients with V180I or M232R mutations rarely had a family history of prion diseases, indicating that a genetic test for sporadic cases is necessary to distinguish these from sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. In conclusion, our prospective 10-year surveillance revealed a frequent occurrence of dura mater graft-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and unique phenotypes of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and genetic prion diseases related to the characteristic distribution of prion protein gene mutations and polymorphisms in Japan, compared with those in western countries.
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- Ichiro Nozaki
- Department of Neurology and Neurobiology of Ageing, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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The prepared tau exon-specific antibodies revealed distinct profiles of tau in CSF of the patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11886. [PMID: 20686702 PMCID: PMC2912377 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2010] [Accepted: 07/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The diagnostic value of CSF tau for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been widely evaluated, showing a markedly disease-relative manner. However, the profiles of tau isoforms in CSF of CJD patients remain unknown. Here, we prepared the exon-specific antibodies against the peptides encoded by exon-2, exon-3 and exon-10 of human tau protein and evaluated the reactive profiles of tau in CSF samples from the patients with probable CJD. Methodology/Principal Findings Sequences encoding exon-2, exon-3 and exon-10 of human tau protein were cloned into a prokaryotic expression vector pGEX-2T. Using recombinant fusion proteins GST-E2, GST-E3 and GST-E10, three tau exon-specific antibodies were elicited. Reliable specificities of the prepared antibodies were obtained after a serial of purification processes, not only in recognizing the tau peptides encoded by exon-2, -3 and -10, but also in distinguishing six recombinant tau isoforms by Western blot and ELISA. Three predominant tau-specific bands were observed in CSF samples with the exon-specific and the commercial tau antibodies, respectively, showing different reactive profiles between the groups of probable CJD and non-CJD. A 65 KD band was detected only in the CSF samples from probable CJD patients, especially with the antibodies against exon-2 (Anti-tE2) and exon-10 (Anit-tE10). The appearances of 65 KD band in CSF correlated well with positive 14-3-3 in CSF and typical abnormality in EEG. Such band was not observed in the CSF samples of six tested genetic CJD patients. Conclusions/Significance Three exon-specific polyclonal antibodies were successfully prepared. Based on these antibodies, different CSF tau profiles in Western blots were observed between the groups of probable CJD and non-CJD. A disease-specific tau band emerged in the CSF samples from probable sporadic CJD, which may supply a new biomarker for screening sporadic CJD.
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Lu CJ, Sun Y, Chen SS. Incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Taiwan: a prospective 10-year surveillance. Eur J Epidemiol 2010; 25:341-7. [PMID: 20333444 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-010-9446-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2009] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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This study was performed to estimate the incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in Taiwan from 1998 to 2007. Suspected cases of CJD were reported to the Taiwan Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit, a nationwide, hospital-based case report system initiated since 1996 to prospectively conduct a CJD epidemiological study. Consecutive patients who met the diagnostic criteria recommended by the World Health Organization were enrolled. The clinical information of each suspected case was collected and case ascertainment was performed by an expert committee. A total of 123 sporadic CJD were identified without any iatrogenic or new variant CJD cases. The overall annual incidence rate (95% CI) was 0.55 (0.46-0.65) cases per million person-year. There was no statistically significant difference between the calendar year of disease onset (P = 0.97). The incidence rates were not significantly different between women and men (P = 0.63). Age was the main factor for the risk of CJD (P < 0.0001). Age-specific incidence rate increased after the age of 40 years with the peak being in the 70-79 years age group. Our data showed low annual incidence rate and high frequency of methionine homozygous prion protein genotype of sCJD in Taiwan. This report provided important epidemiological data on ethnic Chinese.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chien-Jung Lu
- Department of Neurology, En Chu Kong Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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