ArticleAlzheimer's research & therapy2022
β-Amyloid in blood neuronal-derived extracellular vesicles is elevated in cognitively normal adults at risk of Alzheimer's disease and predicts cerebral amyloidosis.
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- Extracellular vesicles: translational research and applications in neurology.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2025Review
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- Extracellular vesicles: new horizons in neurodegeneration.EBioMedicine · 2025Review
- Alzheimer's disease biomarkers and their current use in clinical research and practice.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Review
- A prediction model of dementia conversion for mild cognitive impairment by combining plasma pTau181 and structural imaging features.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundBlood biomarkers that can be used for preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis would enable trial enrollment at a time when the disease is potentially reversible. Here, we investigated plasma neuronal-derived extracellular vesicle (nEV) cargo in patients along the Alzheimer's continuum, focusing on cognitively normal controls (NCs) with high brain β-amyloid (Aβ) loads (Aβ+).
methodsThe study was based on the Sino Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Decline project. We enrolled 246 participants, including 156 NCs, 45 amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) patients, and 45 AD dementia (ADD) patients. Brain Aβ loads were determined using positron emission tomography. NCs were classified into 84 Aβ- NCs and 72 Aβ+ NCs. Baseline plasma nEVs were isolated by immunoprecipitation with an anti-CD171 antibody. After verification, their cargos, including Aβ, tau phosphorylated at threonine 181, and neurofilament light, were quantified using a single-molecule array. Concentrations of these cargos were compared among the groups, and their receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed. A subset of participants underwent follow-up cognitive assessment and magnetic resonance imaging. The relationships of nEV cargo levels with amyloid deposition, longitudinal changes in cognition, and brain regional volume were explored using correlation analysis. Additionally, 458 subjects in the project had previously undergone plasma Aβ quantification.
resultsOnly nEV Aβ was included in the subsequent analysis. We focused on Aβ
conclusionsOur findings suggest the potential use of plasma nEV Aβ
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