TITLE:
Comparison of protein concentrations in serum versus plasma from Alzheimer’s patients
AUTHORS:
Ryan M. Huebinger, Guanghua Xiao, Kirk C. Wilhelmsen, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Fan Zhang, Sid E. O'Bryant, Robert C. Barber
KEYWORDS:
Alzheimer’s Disease; Serum Proteins; Plasma Proteins
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Alzheimer's Disease,
Vol.1 No.3,
December
28,
2012
ABSTRACT: Background: There is great interest in developing blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease (AD); however, there is no consensus as to what blood fraction is most appropriate for analyzing particular markers. The current study provides empirical evidence regarding how blood-based proteins vary depending on whether they are assayed in serum or plasma. Methods: Weanalyzed concentrations of 100 proteins in matched samples of serum and plasma from 39 Caucasian AD participants from the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium bymultiplex immunoassay. Results: Concentrations of 40 proteins were highly correlated (r2≥ 0.75) between plasma and serum while the remaining proteins were moderately to weakly correlated (r2