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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta2016

Cerebrovascular contributions to aging and Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome.

Donna M Wilcock, Frederick A Schmitt, Elizabeth Head

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readReview
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Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04735874 (Vascular Health and Risk Factors in Children With Down Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04735874 completednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Vascular Health and Risk Factors in Children With Down Syndrome

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of UtahRan2021 to 2023Enrolled55ConditionsDown Syndrome, Cardiovascular Risk Factor, AtherosclerosisArmsEvaluate vascular disease risk factors in children with Down Syndrome, Determine the associations between cardiovascular disease risk factors and markers of early atherosclerosis in children with Down Syndrome
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Examination of metabolic syndrome in Down syndrome and association with dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Lipoprotein(a) levels in Down syndrome: A conundrum.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
    Article
  6. Resistance and resilience to Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
    Review
  7. Risk of Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome: Insights gained by multi-omics.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
    Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
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  11. Pathways linking pulse pressure to dementia in adults with Down syndrome.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023
    Article
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  13. Review
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  15. Article
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  19. Postmortem NeocorticalFrontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021
    Article
  20. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Donna M WilcockDepartment of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, United States.
Frederick A SchmittDepartment of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, United States.
Elizabeth HeadDepartment of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, United States. Electronic address: Elizabeth.head@uky.edu.
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

Aging of Frontal Structure and Function in Down Syndrome and DementiaR01HD064993 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI HEAD, ELIZABETH, SCHMITT, FREDERICK · 2009 to 2019
$5.1M
Vascular breakdown in Alzheimers Disease with cerebrovascular diseaseR01NS079637 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI WILCOCK, DONNA M · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD064993NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS079637
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS) is a common cause of intellectual disability and is also associated with early age of onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Due to an extra copy of chromosome 21, most adults over 40years old with DS have beta-amyloid plaques as a result of overexpression of the amyloid precursor protein. Cerebrovascular pathology may also be a significant contributor to neuropathology observed in the brains of adults with DS. This review describes the features of cardiovascular dysfunction and cerebrovascular pathology in DS that may be modifiable risk factors and thus targets for interventions. We will describe cerebrovascular pathology, the role of co-morbidities, imaging studies indicating vascular pathology and the possible consequences. It is clear that our understanding of aging and AD in people with DS will benefit from further studies to determine the role that cerebrovascular dysfunction contributes to cognitive health. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia edited by M. Paul Murphy, Roderick A. Corriveau and Donna M. Wilcock.

Indexed as

AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsCerebrovascular DisordersDown SyndromeHumansAmyloid beta-PeptidesBeta-amyloidCerebral amyloid angiopathyHypertensionHypotensionMicrohemorrhagesMoyamoyaSleep apneaStroke

Identifiers

PMID26593849
PMCPMC4821721
OpenAlexW2180610334

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