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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2017

Blood-based metabolic signatures in Alzheimer's disease.

Francisca A de Leeuw, Carel F W Peeters, Maartje I Kester, Amy C Harms, Eduard A Struys, Thomas Hankemeier, Herman W T van Vlijmen, Sven J van der Lee, Cornelia M van Duijn, Philip Scheltens and 4 more

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14 authors.

Francisca A de LeeuwDepartment of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Carel F W PeetersDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Maartje I KesterDepartment of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Amy C HarmsDivision of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Eduard A StruysDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Thomas HankemeierDivision of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Herman W T van VlijmenDiscovery Sciences, Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium.
Sven J van der LeeDepartment of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Cornelia M van DuijnGenetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Philip ScheltensDepartment of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ayşe DemirkanGenetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Mark A van de WielDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Wiesje M van der FlierDepartment of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Charlotte E TeunissenNeurochemistry Laboratory and Biobank, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIdentification of blood-based metabolic changes might provide early and easy-to-obtain biomarkers.

methodsWe included 127 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and 121 control subjects with cerebrospinal fluid biomarker-confirmed diagnosis (cutoff tau/amyloid β peptide 42: 0.52). Mass spectrometry platforms determined the concentrations of 53 amine compounds, 22 organic acid compounds, 120 lipid compounds, and 40 oxidative stress compounds. Multiple signatures were assessed: differential expression (nested linear models), classification (logistic regression), and regulatory (network extraction).

resultsTwenty-six metabolites were differentially expressed. Metabolites improved the classification performance of clinical variables from 74% to 79%. Network models identified five hubs of metabolic dysregulation: tyrosine, glycylglycine, glutamine, lysophosphatic acid C18:2, and platelet-activating factor C16:0. The metabolite network for apolipoprotein E ( DISCUSSION: Multiple signatures point to various promising peripheral markers for further validation. The network differences in AD patients according to

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Alzheimer's diseaseAmino acidsBiomarkersGraphical modelingMetabolomicsOxidative stress

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