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ArticleAlzheimer disease and associated disorders

Distinctive RNA expression profiles in blood associated with Alzheimer disease after accounting for white matter hyperintensities.

Zhouxian Bai, Boryana Stamova, Huichun Xu, Bradley P Ander, Jiajia Wang, Glen C Jickling, Xinhua Zhan, DaZhi Liu, Guangchun Han, Lee-Way Jin and 3 more

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Meta-Analysis of Transcriptomic Studies of Blood and Six Brain Regions Identifies a Consensus of 15 Cross-Tissue Mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease and Suggests an Origin of Cross-Study Heterogeneity.American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics · 2025
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  20. RNF213 suppresses carcinogenesis in glioblastoma by affecting MAPK/JNK signaling pathway.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2020
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13 authors.

Zhouxian Bai*CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences †CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China ‡Department of Neurology and MIND Institute, School of Medicine ∥Alzheimer's Disease Center, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA §Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Boryana Stamova
Huichun Xu
Bradley P Ander
Jiajia Wang
Glen C Jickling
Xinhua Zhan
DaZhi Liu
Guangchun Han
Lee-Way Jin
Charles DeCarli
Hongxing Lei
Frank R Sharp

Funding

UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Core CenterP30AG010129 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI DECARLI, CHARLES · 1991 to 2020
$28.3M
Heterogeneity of Mild Cognitive Impairment(MCI)R01AG021028 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI DECARLI, CHARLES · 2003 to 2014
$4.6M
NRF2 Anti-Oxidant Systems and White Matter HyperintensitiesR01AG042292 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI DECARLI, CHARLES, SHARP, FRANK R · 2013 to 2017
$3.0M
Ischemic Stroke and Intracerebral Hemorrhage Genomic Studies in HumansR01NS056302 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI SHARP, FRANK R · 2007 to 2011
$3.0M
A Novel Approach to Assessing Cryptogenic StrokeR01NS079153 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI SHARP, FRANK R · 2012 to 2016
$2.8M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG010129NIA NIH HHS P30 AG10129NIA NIH HHS R01 AG021028NIA NIH HHS R01 AG042292NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS056302NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS079153
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDefining the RNA transcriptome in Alzheimer Disease (AD) will help understand the disease mechanisms and provide biomarkers. Though the AD blood transcriptome has been studied, effects of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) were not considered. This study investigated the AD blood transcriptome and accounted for WMH.

methodsRNA from whole blood was processed on whole-genome microarrays.

resultsA total of 293 probe sets were differentially expressed in AD versus controls, 5 of which were significant for WMH status. The 288 AD-specific probe sets classified subjects with 87.5% sensitivity and 90.5% specificity. They represented 188 genes of which 29 have been reported in prior AD blood and 89 in AD brain studies. Regulated blood genes included MMP9, MME (Neprilysin), TGFβ1, CA4, OCLN, ATM, TGM3, IGFR2, NOV, RNF213, BMX, LRRN1, CAMK2G, INSR, CTSD, SORCS1, SORL1, and TANC2.

conclusionsRNA expression is altered in AD blood irrespective of WMH status. Some genes are shared with AD brain.

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AgedAlzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisRNATranscriptomeWhite MatterBiomarkersRNA

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PMID24731980
PMCPMC4139468

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