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ArticleNeurology2012

Plasma multianalyte profiling in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease.

William T Hu, David M Holtzman, Anne M Fagan, Leslie M Shaw, Richard Perrin, Steven E Arnold, Murray Grossman, Chengjie Xiong, Rebecca Craig-Schapiro, Christopher M Clark and 16 more

Erratum issuedOpen access · bronzeAbstract readMulticenter Study
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Article in Neurology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 140 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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140citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 241 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

William T HuDepartment of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA. william.hu@emory.edu
David M Holtzman
Anne M Fagan
Leslie M Shaw
Richard Perrin
Steven E Arnold
Murray Grossman
Chengjie Xiong
Rebecca Craig-Schapiro
Christopher M Clark
Eve Pickering
Max Kuhn
Yu Chen
Vivianna M Van Deerlin
Leo McCluskey
Lauren Elman
Jason Karlawish
Alice Chen-Plotkin
Howard I Hurtig
Andrew Siderowf
Frank Swenson
Virginia M-Y Lee
John C Morris
John Q Trojanowski
Holly Soares
Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Pfizer (United States) · USEmory University · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative - SupplementU01AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE RES &EDUC · PI WEINER, MICHAEL W · 2004 to 2015
$121.0M
RECRUITMENT COREU19AG010483 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FELDMAN, HOWARD · 2013 to 2020
$80.6M
TDP-43 Loss-of-Function: Biology to BiomarkersP01AG019724 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Jennifer Merrilees · 2002 to 2026
$67.2M
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH CENTERP50AG005681 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MORRIS, JOHN · 1985 to 2019
$52.1M
The natural history of AB accumulation in preclinical ADP01AG026276 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHINDLER, SUZANNE ELIZABETH · 2005 to 2025
$49.5M
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (UL1)UL1RR024992 · NCRR · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EVANOFF, BRADLEY A · 2007 to 2011
$45.4M
Transgenic Mouse Models of Tau PathologiesP01AG017586 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LEE, VIRGINIA M · 2000 to 2021
$37.3M
UPenn ADCC Biomarker CoreP30AG010124 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI XIE, SHARON XIANGWEN · 1991 to 2020
$35.1M
UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Core CenterP30AG010129 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI DECARLI, CHARLES · 1991 to 2020
$28.3M
Project IV: "Alpha-Synuclein Strains & Diverse Synucleinopathies"P50NS053488 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI TROJANOWSKI, JOHN Q. · 2007 to 2017
$20.9M
POSTTRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS OF ALPHA SYNUCLEINP01AG009215 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI TROJANOWSKI, JOHN Q. · 1990 to 2009
$14.1M
Washington University Center for Translational NeuroscienceP30NS057105 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, DAVID M. · 2006 to 2011
$8.7M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024992NIA NIH HHS 1P01 AG-19724-07NIA NIH HHS 1 U01 AG 024904-05NIA NIH HHS K01 AG030514NIA NIH HHS P01 AG009215NIA NIH HHS P01 AG017586NIA NIH HHS P01 AG019724NIA NIH HHS P01 AG026276NIA NIH HHS P01 AG032953NIA NIH HHS P01 AG 09215-20NIA NIH HHS P01 AG 17586-10NIA NIH HHS P30 AG010124NIA NIH HHS P30 AG010129NIA NIH HHS P30 AG036468NIA NIH HHS P30AG036468NIA NIH HHS P30 AG 10124-18NIA NIH HHS P50 AG005681NIA NIH HHS RC1AG035427NIA NIH HHS U01 AG024904NIA NIH HHS U01 AG029213NIA NIH HHS U19 AG010483NIA NIH HHS UO1 AG029213-01NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS057105NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS053488NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS053488-02NINDS NIH HHS RC2NS069368
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWhile plasma biomarkers have been proposed to aid in the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD), few biomarkers have been validated in independent patient cohorts. Here we aim to determine plasma biomarkers associated with AD in 2 independent cohorts and validate the findings in the multicenter Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI).

methodsUsing a targeted proteomic approach, we measured levels of 190 plasma proteins and peptides in 600 participants from 2 independent centers (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Washington University, St. Louis, MO), and identified 17 analytes associated with the diagnosis of very mild dementia/mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or AD. Four analytes (apoE, B-type natriuretic peptide, C-reactive protein, pancreatic polypeptide) were also found to be altered in clinical MCI/AD in the ADNI cohort (n = 566). Regression analysis showed CSF Aβ42 levels and t-tau/Aβ42 ratios to correlate with the number of APOE4 alleles and plasma levels of B-type natriuretic peptide and pancreatic polypeptide.

conclusionFour plasma analytes were consistently associated with the diagnosis of very mild dementia/MCI/AD in 3 independent clinical cohorts. These plasma biomarkers may predict underlying AD through their association with CSF AD biomarkers, and the association between plasma and CSF amyloid biomarkers needs to be confirmed in a prospective study.

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AgedAlzheimer DiseaseAnalysis of VarianceApolipoproteins EBiomarkersBlood Chemical AnalysisCognitive DysfunctionCohort StudiesData Interpretation, StatisticalFemaleGenotypeHumansLinear ModelsLongitudinal StudiesMaleNerve Tissue ProteinsApolipoproteins EBiomarkersNerve Tissue Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22855860
PMCPMC3425844
OpenAlexW2105181416

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