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ReviewAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2020

Further understanding the connection between Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome.

Heather M Snyder, Lisa J Bain, Adam M Brickman, Maria C Carrillo, Anna J Esbensen, Joaquin M Espinosa, Fabian Fernandez, Juan Fortea, Sigan L Hartley, Elizabeth Head and 14 more

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Review in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Examination of metabolic syndrome in Down syndrome and association with dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  10. Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Down Syndrome Cores: Experience from two sites.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  14. The history of Down syndrome-associated Alzheimer's disease; past, present, and future.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  19. Public and participant involvement as a pathway to inclusive dementia research.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Heather M SnyderAlzheimer's Association, Medical & Scientific Relations, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7665-7696
Lisa J BainIndependent Science Writer, Elverson, Pennsylvania, USA.
Adam M BrickmanDepartment of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Maria C CarrilloAlzheimer's Association, Medical & Scientific Relations, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Anna J EsbensenDivision of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center & University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Joaquin M EspinosaDepartment of Pharmacology, Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Fabian FernandezDepartments of Psychology and Neurology, BIO5 Institute, and The Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Juan ForteaDepartment of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, CIBERNED, Barcelona, Spain.
Sigan L HartleyDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Elizabeth HeadDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
James HendrixLuMind IDSC Foundation, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.
Priya S KishnaniDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Florence LaiDepartment of Neurology, Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Patrick LaoDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Cynthia LemereDepartment of Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
William MobleyDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
Elliott J MufsonBarrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Huntington PotterRocky Mountain Alzheimer's Disease Center and Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Shahid H ZamanCambridge Intellectual & Developmental Disability Research Group, Department of Psychiatry University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Ann-Charlotte GranholmKnoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.
H Diana RosasDepartments of Neurology and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Andre StrydomDepartment of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, LonDowns Consortium, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
Michelle Sie WhittenGlobal Down Syndrome Foundation, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Michael S RafiiAlzheimer's Therapeutics Research Institute and Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Funding

Project 1U19AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI Duygu Tosun-Turgut · 2016 to 2026
$226.7M
The Alzheimer's Clinical Trial Consortium - Down Syndrome Network (ACTC- DSN)U24AG057437 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Paul S. Aisen, RONALD C PETERSEN · 2018 to 2026
$198.4M
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
NIH Prior Approval Process ProfessionalUL1TR002535 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SOKOL, RONALD J. · 2018 to 2022
$51.1M
TAU, AB, SYNUCLEIN AND NITRATIVE/OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN MCIP01AG014449 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH · PI MUFSON, ELLIOTT JAY · 1997 to 2024
$39.7M
Trial-Ready Cohort for Preclinical/Prodromal Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG053798 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI AISEN, PAUL S., CUMMINGS, JEFFREY L. · 2017 to 2022
$39.4M
Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease in Adults with Down SyndromeU01AG051412 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LOTT, IRA T., SCHUPF, NICOLE · 2015 to 2019
$26.3M
NiAD Supplement WashU Start UpU01AG051406 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HANDEN, BENJAMIN L, LAYMON, CHARLES · 2015 to 2019
$21.3M
INCLUDE19 – Evaluating outcome measures in young adults with Down syndromeR01HD093754 · NICHD · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Anna J. Esbensen · 2018 to 2026
$6.2M
Waisman Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center Down Syndrome RegistryU54HD090256 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ZHAO, XINYU · 2016 to 2020
$6.0M
The Role of Inflammation and NGF Dysfunction in the Evolution of Alzheimer Disease Pathology in Down Syndrome-RevisionRF1AG056850 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BUSCIGLIO, JORGE A, CUELLO, A CLAUDIO · 2018 to 2020
$5.9M
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
Medical Research Council MR/R024901/1Medical Research Council MR/S005145/1Medical Research Council MR/S011277/1NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002535NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150305NIAMS NIH HHS R61 AR077495NIA NIH HHS P01 AG014449NIA NIH HHS R01 AG037942NIA NIH HHS R01 AG047922NIA NIH HHS R01 AG053798NIA NIH HHS R21 AG056974NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG056850NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG061566NIA NIH HHS U01 AG051406NIA NIH HHS U01 AG051412NIA NIH HHS U19 AG024904NIA NIH HHS U24 AG021886NIA NIH HHS U24 AG057437NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD064993NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD093754NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD090256NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076291NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS136122Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improved medical care of individuals with Down syndrome (DS) has led to an increase in life expectancy to over the age of 60 years. In conjunction, there has been an increase in age-related co-occurring conditions including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Understanding the factors that underlie symptom and age of clinical presentation of dementia in people with DS may provide insights into the mechanisms of sporadic and DS-associated AD (DS-AD). In March 2019, the Alzheimer's Association, Global Down Syndrome Foundation and the LuMind IDSC Foundation partnered to convene a workshop to explore the state of the research on the intersection of AD and DS research; to identify research gaps and unmet needs; and to consider how best to advance the field. This article provides a summary of discussions, including noting areas of emerging science and discovery, considerations for future studies, and identifying open gaps in our understanding for future focus.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesDown SyndromeHumansAmyloid beta-PeptidesAlzheimer's diseaseDown syndrometrisomyvascular contributions

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PMID32544310
PMCPMC8865308

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