Matsubara Tomoyasu, Izumi Yuishin, Hatanaka Yuki, Takahara Mika, Kondo Amuro, Matsukura Kiyoshi, Arakawa Akira, Haga Toshihiro, Miyamoto Ryosuke, Naruse Hiroya, Morino Hiroyuki, Toda Tatsushi, Murayama Shigeo, Saito Yuko
Department of Neuropathology (The Brain Bank for Aging Research), Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Neurology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan.
Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2025 Oct;51(5):e70036. doi: 10.1111/nan.70036.
This study identified a novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis subtype with prominent astroglial phosphorylated TDP‐43 inclusions and minimal neuronal inclusions. The patients shared a clinical phenotype of flail arm variant of ALS. These observations suggest a more critical role for astroglia than previously recognised.
本研究确定了一种新型肌萎缩侧索硬化症亚型,其特征为星形胶质细胞中存在显著的磷酸化TDP-43包涵体,而神经元包涵体极少。这些患者具有肌萎缩侧索硬化症连枷臂变异型的临床表型。这些观察结果表明,星形胶质细胞的作用比以往认识到的更为关键。