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ArticleScientific reports2018

Systematic Analysis and Biomarker Study for Alzheimer's Disease.

Xinzhong Li, Haiyan Wang, Jintao Long, Genhua Pan, Taigang He, Oleg Anichtchik, Robert Belshaw, Diego Albani, Paul Edison, Elaine K Green and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

  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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  16. Transcriptional risk scores in Alzheimer's disease: From pathology to cognition.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Xinzhong LiPlymouth University Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK. xinzhong.li@plymouth.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6411-4045
Haiyan WangDepartment of Methodology, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St, London, WC2A 2AE, UK.
Jintao LongPlymouth University Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
Genhua PanSchool of Computing Electronics and Mathematics, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
Taigang HeMolecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
Oleg AnichtchikPlymouth University Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
Robert BelshawPlymouth University Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
Diego AlbaniDepartment of Neuroscience, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri" Via La Masa 19, 20156, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7050-6723
Paul EdisonDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK.
Elaine K GreenPlymouth University Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
James ScottDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK.
University of Plymouth · GBImperial College London · GBLondon School of Economics and Political Science · GBMario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · ITSt George's, University of London · GB

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative - SupplementU01AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE RES &EDUC · PI WEINER, MICHAEL W · 2004 to 2015
$121.0M
National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD)U24AG021886 · NIA · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI TATIANA M. FOROUD · 2002 to 2026
$119.8M
NATIONAL ALZHEIMERS COORDINATING CENTER (NACC)U01AG016976 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KUKULL, WALTER ANTHONY · 1999 to 2020
$72.8M
Alzheimer's Disease Genetics ConsortiumU01AG032984 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SCHELLENBERG, GERARD DAVID · 2009 to 2024
$60.4M
CHARGE Consortium: Omics Discovery for CVD and Aging PhenotypesR01HL105756 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Bruce M Psaty, NICHOLAS L SMITH · 2011 to 2026
$9.5M
Collaborative GWAS of Dementia, AD and related MRI and Cognitive EndophenotypesR01AG033193 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI SESHADRI, SUDHA · 2009 to 2016
$4.4M
Medical Research Council G84/6523NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL105756NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033193NIA NIH HHS U01 AG016976NIA NIH HHS U01 AG024904NIA NIH HHS U01 AG032984NIA NIH HHS U24 AG021886Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Revealing the relationship between dysfunctional genes in blood and brain tissues from patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) will help us to understand the pathology of this disease. In this study, we conducted the first such large systematic analysis to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in blood samples from 245 AD cases, 143 mild cognitive impairment (MCI) cases, and 182 healthy control subjects, and then compare these with DEGs in brain samples. We evaluated our findings using two independent AD blood datasets and performed a gene-based genome-wide association study to identify potential novel risk genes. We identified 789 and 998 DEGs common to both blood and brain of AD and MCI subjects respectively, over 77% of which had the same regulation directions across tissues and disease status, including the known ABCA7, and the novel TYK2 and TCIRG1. A machine learning classification model containing NDUFA1, MRPL51, and RPL36AL, implicating mitochondrial and ribosomal function, was discovered which discriminated between AD patients and controls with 85.9% of area under the curve and 78.1% accuracy (sensitivity = 77.6%, specificity = 78.9%). Moreover, our findings strongly suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction, NF-κB signalling and iNOS signalling are important dysregulated pathways in AD pathogenesis.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersBloodBrainCase-Control StudiesCognitive DysfunctionGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMachine LearningMitochondriaNF-kappa BNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIRibosomesSensitivity and SpecificitySignal TransductionBiomarkersNF-kappa BNitric Oxide Synthase Type II

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PMCPMC6255913
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