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In light of the foreseeable potential of exhaled breath as a diagnostic specimen, we used gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to study the chemical compounds present in exhaled breath samples from patients with Alzheimer\u2019s disease (AD), Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD), and from healthy individuals as a control group. In addition, we also designed and developed a chemical-based exhaled breath sensor system to examine the distribution pattern in the patient and control groups. The results of our study showed that several chemical compounds, such as 1-phenantherol and ethyl 3-cyano-2,3-bis (2,5,-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-acrylate, had a higher percentage area in the AD group than in the PD and control groups. These results may indicate an association of these chemical components in exhaled breath with the progression of disease. In addition, in-house fabricated exhaled breath sensor systems, containing several types of gas sensors, showed significant differences in terms of the normalized response of the sensitivity characteristics between the patient and control groups. A subsequent clustering analysis was able to distinguish between the AD patients, PD patients, and healthy individuals using principal component analysis, Sammon\u2019s mapping, and a combination of both methods, in particular when using the exhaled breath sensor array system A consisting of eight sensors. With this in mind, the exhaled breath sensor system could provide alternative option for diagnosis and be applied as a useful, effective tool for the screening and diagnosis of AD in the near future.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s17081783","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,3]],"date-time":"2017-08-03T09:47:19Z","timestamp":1501753639000},"page":"1783","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":49,"title":["Investigation of Exhaled Breath Samples from Patients with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry and an Exhaled Breath Sensor System"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Hui-Chong","family":"Lau","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Biomedical Science, Kyungpook National University, 50 Samduk, 2 Ga, Jung-Gu, Daegu 700-721, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joon-Boo","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Sankyuk-dong, Puk-Gu, Daegu 41566, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8849-920X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ho-Won","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Kyungpook National University, 50 Samduk, 2 Ga, Jung-Gu, Daegu 700-721, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jeung-Soo","family":"Huh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Sankyuk-dong, Puk-Gu, Daegu 41566, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jeong-Ok","family":"Lim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Biomedical Science, Kyungpook National University, 50 Samduk, 2 Ga, Jung-Gu, Daegu 700-721, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"313","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jtcvs.2015.09.120","article-title":"What do dogs, ancient Romans, Linus Pauling, and mass spectrometry have in common? 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