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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2019

Multiplex proteomics identifies novel CSF and plasma biomarkers of early Alzheimer's disease.

Christopher D Whelan, Niklas Mattsson, Michael W Nagle, Swetha Vijayaraghavan, Craig Hyde, Shorena Janelidze, Erik Stomrud, Julie Lee, Lori Fitz, Tarek A Samad and 4 more

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Article in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 167 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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167citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
15.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

167 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 274 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Christopher D WhelanResearch and Early Development (RED), Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0308-5583
Niklas MattssonClinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Michael W NaglePfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Swetha VijayaraghavanDepartment of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Vetenskapsvagen 10, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.
Craig HydePfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Shorena JanelidzeClinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Erik StomrudClinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Julie LeePfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Lori FitzPfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Tarek A SamadRare and Neurologic Disease Research, Sanofi Research and Development, Framingham, MA, 01701, USA.
Gayathri RamaswamyResearch and Early Development (RED), Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Richard A MargolinCNS Research Solutions LLC, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Anders MalarstigPfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. Anders.Malarstig@pfizer.com.
Oskar HanssonClinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Hansson@med.lu.se.
Pfizer (United States) · USLund University · SEBiogen (United States) · USCNS Research (United States) · USKarolinska Institutet · SESanofi (United States) · US

Funding

H2020 European Research Council __Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse ___Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation ____MultiPark ___Pfizer Digital Data InnovationSwedish Alzheimer Foundation __Swedish Research Council ___
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, the development of disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) has largely focused on the removal of amyloid beta Aβ fragments from the CNS. Proteomic profiling of patient fluids may help identify novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers associated with AD pathology. Here, we applied the Olink™ ProSeek immunoassay to measure 270 CSF and plasma proteins across 415 Aβ- negative cognitively normal individuals (Aβ- CN), 142 Aβ-positive CN (Aβ+ CN), 50 Aβ- mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients, 75 Aβ+ MCI patients, and 161 Aβ+ AD patients from the Swedish BioFINDER study. A validation cohort included 59 Aβ- CN, 23 Aβ- + CN, 44 Aβ- MCI and 53 Aβ+ MCI. To compare protein concentrations in patients versus controls, we applied multiple linear regressions adjusting for age, gender, medications, smoking and mean subject-level protein concentration, and corrected findings for false discovery rate (FDR, q < 0.05). We identified, and replicated, altered levels of ten CSF proteins in Aβ+ individuals, including CHIT1, SMOC2, MMP-10, LDLR, CD200, EIF4EBP1, ALCAM, RGMB, tPA and STAMBP (- 0.14 < d < 1.16; q < 0.05). We also identified and replicated alterations of six plasma proteins in Aβ+ individuals OSM, MMP-9, HAGH, CD200, AXIN1, and uPA (- 0.77 < d < 1.28; q < 0.05). Multiple analytes associated with cognitive performance and cortical thickness (q < 0.05). Plasma biomarkers could distinguish AD dementia (AUC = 0.94, 95% CI = 0.87-0.98) and prodromal AD (AUC = 0.78, 95% CI = 0.68-0.87) from CN. These findings reemphasize the contributions of immune markers, phospholipids, angiogenic proteins and other biomarkers downstream of, and potentially orthogonal to, Aβ- and tau in AD, and identify candidate biomarkers for earlier detection of neurodegeneration.

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AgedAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesCohort StudiesFemaleHumansImmunoassayMaleMiddle AgedProteomicsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAlzheimer’s diseaseAngiogenesisApoptosisBiomarkerInflammationMild cognitive impairmentProteomics

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PMID31694701
PMCPMC6836495
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