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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

Integrating peripheral blood and brain transcriptomics to identify immunological features associated with Alzheimer's disease in mild cognitive impairment patients.

Xiao-Hang Qian, Xiao-Li Liu, Sheng-di Chen, Hui-Dong Tang

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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Xiao-Hang QianDepartment of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiao-Li LiuDepartment of Neurology, Shanghai Fengxian District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital South Campus, Shanghai, China.
Sheng-di ChenDepartment of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hui-Dong TangDepartment of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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Abstract

Background: Immune system dysfunction has been proven to be an important pathological event in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), as a transitional stage between normal cognitive function and AD, was an important research object for the screening of early diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets for AD. However, systematic assessment of peripheral immune system changes in MCI patients and consistent analysis with that in the CNS were still lacking. Methods: Peripheral blood transcriptome data from the AddNeuroMed Cohort ( Results: MCI patients have early changes in the abundance of various types of immune cells in peripheral blood, accompanied by significant changes in NF-kB, TNF, JAK-STAT, and MAPK signaling pathways. Five hub immune-related differentially expressed genes (NFKBIA, CD4, RELA, CASP3, and HSP90AA1) were screened by the cytoHubba plugin in Cytoscape and the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression. Their expression levels were significantly correlated with infiltration score and the abundance of monocytes, natural killer cells, Th2 T cells, T follicular helper cells, and cytotoxic T cells. After validation with independent datasets derived from peripheral blood and brain, RELA and HSP90AA1 were identified as two reliable immune hub genes in MCI patients and had consistent changes in AD. The Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) showed that their expression levels were closely associated with Alzheimer's disease, JAK-STAT, calcium signaling pathway, etc. In addition, the expression level of RELA was positively correlated with β- and γ-secretase activity and Braak stage. The expression level of HSP90AA1 was negatively correlated with α- and β-secretase activity. Conclusion: Immune system dysfunction was an early event in AD. It provides a new target for the early diagnosis and treatment of AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesBrainCaspase 3HumansNF-kappa BTranscriptomeAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesCaspase 3NF-kappa BAlzheimer’s diseaseHSP90AA1immune hub genemild cognitive impairmentperipheral immune cellsRELA

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