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ArticleJournal of neuropathology and experimental neurology2022

Vasculocentric Axonal NfH in Small Vessel Disease.

Adam Anad, Miriam K Barker, Jessica A Katanga, Konstantinos Arfanakis, Leslie R Bridges, Margaret M Esiri, Jeremy D Isaacs, Sonja Prpar Mihevc, Anthony C Pereira, Julie A Schneider and 1 more

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Article in Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Adam AnadFrom the Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK (AA, MKB, JAK, LRB, JDI, ACP, AHH).
Miriam K BarkerRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA (KA, JAS).
Jessica A KatangaFrom the Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK (AA, MKB, JAK, LRB, JDI, ACP, AHH).
Konstantinos ArfanakisRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA (KA, JAS).
Leslie R BridgesFrom the Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK (AA, MKB, JAK, LRB, JDI, ACP, AHH).
Margaret M EsiriNuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University, Oxford, UK (MME).
Jeremy D IsaacsFrom the Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK (AA, MKB, JAK, LRB, JDI, ACP, AHH).
Sonja Prpar MihevcInstitute for Preclinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (SPM).
Anthony C PereiraFrom the Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK (AA, MKB, JAK, LRB, JDI, ACP, AHH).
Julie A SchneiderFrom the Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK (AA, MKB, JAK, LRB, JDI, ACP, AHH).
Atticus H HainsworthFrom the Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK (AA, MKB, JAK, LRB, JDI, ACP, AHH).ORCID 0000-0001-7877-8013
St George's, University of London · GBRush University Medical Center · USUniversity of Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Multimodal MRI biomarkers of small vessel disease for older persons with and without dementia.UH3NS100599 · NINDS · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ARFANAKIS, KONSTANTINOS, SCHNEIDER, JULIE A. · 2018 to 2020
$3.5M
Longitudinal validation of cerebral small vessel disease biomarkers in diverse community-based older adults without dementiaUF1NS100599 · NINDS · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ARFANAKIS, KONSTANTINOS, SCHNEIDER, JULIE A. · 2021 to 2021
$2.5M
Medical Research Council G1000691NINDS NIH HHS UF1 NS100599NINDS NIH HHS UH3 NS100599
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) causes lacunar stroke and vascular cognitive impairment in older people. The pathogenic pathways from vessel pathology to parenchymal damage in SVD are unknown. Neurofilaments are axonal structural proteins. Neurofilament-light (NfL) is an emerging biomarker for neurological disease. Here, we examined the high molecular weight form neurofilament-heavy (NfH) and quantified a characteristic pattern of peri-arterial (vasculocentric) NfH labeling. Subcortical frontal and parietal white matter from young adult controls, aged controls, and older people with SVD or severe Alzheimer disease (n = 52) was immunohistochemically labeled for hyperphosphorylated NfH (pNfH). The extent of pNfH immunolabeling and the degree of vasculocentric axonal pNfH were quantified. Axonal pNfH immunolabeling was sparse in young adults but a common finding in older persons (controls, SVD, or AD). Axonal pNfH was often markedly concentrated around small penetrating arteries. This vasculocentric feature was more common in older people with SVD than in those with severe AD (p = 0.004). We conclude that axonal pNfH is a feature of subcortical white matter in aged brains. Vasculocentric axonal pNfH is a novel parenchymal lesion that is co-located with SVD arteriopathy and could be a consequence of vessel pathology.

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Cerebral Small Vessel DiseasesWhite MatterAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersBrainHumansIntermediate FilamentsBiomarkersAlzheimer diseaseArteriolosclerosisBrain agingNeurofilamentsSmall vessel diseaseVascular cognitive impairment

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PMID35086142
PMCPMC8922195
OpenAlexW4210642837

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