Affiliations: [a] Molecular Markers Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio-Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy | [b] IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy | [c] Statistics Service, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy | [d] MAC Memory Center, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy | [e] Department of Laboratory Medicine, Research and Development Division, ‘San Giovanni Calibita’, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
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Correspondence to: Rosanna Squitti, Molecular Markers Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio- Fatebenefratelli, 25125 Brescia, Italy. Tel.: +0039 030 3501725; Fax: +0039 030 3501592; E-mail: rosanna.squitti@afar.it.
Abstract: Meta-analyses show copper dyshomeostasis in Alzheimer’s disease. However, a study evaluating copper changes in other neurodegenerative forms of dementia has not yet been performed. In this study, we assessed copper, ceruloplasmin, copper not bound to ceruloplasmin, and copper to ceruloplasmin ratio in 85 patients affected by frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and 55 healthy controls. Data were analyzed through multivariate ANOVA models taking into account age and sex as covariates and the stratification for FTLD variants, after calculating power analysis to ensure the reliability of the conclusions drawn. The study revealed no difference between the groups.
