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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2017

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Down syndrome and sporadic and autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease.

María Carmona-Iragui, Mircea Balasa, Bessy Benejam, Daniel Alcolea, Susana Fernández, Laura Videla, Isabel Sala, María Belén Sánchez-Saudinós, Estrella Morenas-Rodriguez, Roser Ribosa-Nogué and 15 more

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25 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

María Carmona-IraguiMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Barcelona Down Medical Center, Fundació Catalana de Síndrome de Down, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain; Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland.
Mircea BalasaGlobal Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland; Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
Bessy BenejamBarcelona Down Medical Center, Fundació Catalana de Síndrome de Down, Barcelona, Spain.
Daniel AlcoleaMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain.
Susana FernándezBarcelona Down Medical Center, Fundació Catalana de Síndrome de Down, Barcelona, Spain.
Laura VidelaBarcelona Down Medical Center, Fundació Catalana de Síndrome de Down, Barcelona, Spain.
Isabel SalaMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain.
María Belén Sánchez-SaudinósMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain.
Estrella Morenas-RodriguezMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain.
Roser Ribosa-NoguéMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain.
Ignacio Illán-GalaMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain.
Sofía Gonzalez-OrtizDepartment of Radiology, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Jordi ClarimónMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain.
Frederick SchmittSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
David K PowellSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Beatriz BoschAlzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
Albert LladóAlzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
Michael S RafiiAdult Down Syndrome Clinic, Department of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA; Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute, University of Southern California, San Diego, CA, USA.
Elizabeth HeadSanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
José Luis MolinuevoAlzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; BarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center, Fundació Pasqual Maragall, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Rafael BlesaMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain.
Sebastián VidelaBarcelona Down Medical Center, Fundació Catalana de Síndrome de Down, Barcelona, Spain; Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Alberto LleóMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain.
Raquel Sánchez-ValleAlzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
Juan ForteaMemory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Barcelona Down Medical Center, Fundació Catalana de Síndrome de Down, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: jfortea@santpau.cat.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESConsorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer · ESUniversity of Kentucky · USBiomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases · ESHospital de Sant Pau · ESPompeu Fabra University · ESTrinity College Dublin · IEUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Core Center - Biomarker CoreP30AG028383 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI SCHMITT, FREDERICK · 2006 to 2020
$23.3M
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
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028383NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD064993
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWe aimed to investigate if cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is more frequent in genetically determined than in sporadic early-onset forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) (early-onset AD [EOAD]).

methodsNeuroimaging features of CAA, apolipoprotein (APOE), and cerebrospinal fluid amyloid β (Aβ) 40 levels were studied in subjects with Down syndrome (DS, n = 117), autosomal-dominant AD (ADAD, n = 29), sporadic EOAD (n = 42), and healthy controls (n = 68).

resultsCAA was present in 31%, 38%, and 12% of cognitively impaired DS, symptomatic ADAD, and sporadic EOAD subjects and in 13% and 4% of cognitively unimpaired DS individuals and healthy controls, respectively. APOE ε4 genotype was borderline significantly associated with CAA in sporadic EOAD (P = .06) but not with DS or ADAD. There were no differences in Aβ040 levels between groups or between subjects with and without CAA. DISCUSSION: CAA is more frequently found in genetically determined AD than in sporadic EOAD. Cerebrospinal fluid Aβ40 levels are not a useful biomarker for CAA in AD.

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AdultAgedAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesApolipoprotein E4Cerebral Amyloid AngiopathyDown SyndromeFemaleGene FrequencyHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedPeptide FragmentsAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-40)amyloid beta-protein (1-42)Apolipoprotein E4Peptide FragmentsAutosomal-dominant Alzheimer's diseaseCerebral amyloid angiopathyCerebrospinal fluid biomarkersDown syndromeNeuroimagingSporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease

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PMID28463681
PMCPMC5660938
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