KIT FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, DIAGNOSTIC MARKER, AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF INDICATOR FOR DISEASE CONDITION

摘要

[PROBLEMS] The differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease as distinguished from other type of dementia and the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease at such an early stage where neural cell death has not proceeded yet are important for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. On the other hand, it is difficult to differentially diagnose Alzheimer's disease at an earlier stage by a diagnosis mainly made by questioning by a doctor or a diagnostic technique using phosphorylated tau or amyloid-ß protein as an indicator. Thus, the development of a novel diagnostic technique has been demanded. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] An attention is focused on transferrin having a sugar chain attached thereto. Thus, disclosed are a diagnostic kit, a diagnostic marker and a detection method for differentially diagnosing the disease condition of Alzheimer's disease at an earlier stage.