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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2023

Cerebrospinal Fluid Alzheimer's Disease Biomarker Patterns of Change Prior to the Onset of Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Yifei Sun, Abhay Moghekar, Anja Soldan, Corinne Pettigrew, Barry Greenberg, Marilyn Albert, Mei-Cheng Wang, BIOCARD Research Team

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yifei SunDepartment of Biostatistics, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Abhay MoghekarDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Anja SoldanDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Corinne PettigrewDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Barry GreenbergDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Marilyn AlbertDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Mei-Cheng WangDepartment of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
BIOCARD Research Team
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USColumbia University · US

Funding

Project 2 MeasurementU19AG033655 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Abhay Moghekar · 2014 to 2026
$51.5M
'T V ASSESSMENT - MEMORY DISORDERED PATIENTS'P50AG005146 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HUGANIR, RICHARD L · 1985 to 2019
$37.6M
Research Education ComponentP30AG066507 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Corinne Pettigrew · 2020 to 2026
$29.3M
Biomarkers of Cognitive Decline among Normal Individuals: The BIOCARD cohortU01AG033655 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ALBERT, MARILYN S. · 2009 to 2013
$11.2M
Integrative analysis for patient-centered outcomes and time-to-event data in Alzheimer's diseaseRF1AG081413 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SUN, YIFEI, ZHAO, YIZE · 2023 to 2023
$2.3M
Statistical methods for analyzing risk of Alzheimer's Disease and biomarker measurementsR01AG088637 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Mei Cheng Wang · 2025 to 2026
$898k
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066507NIA NIH HHS P50 AG005146NIA NIH HHS R01 AG088637NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG081413NIA NIH HHS U01 AG033655NIA NIH HHS U19 AG033655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are altered many years before the onset of clinical symptoms of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Incorporating clinical symptom onset time into biomarker modeling may enhance our understanding of changes preceding MCI.

objectiveUsing a new analytical approach, we examined patterns of biomarker change prior to MCI symptom onset among individuals who progressed from normal cognition to MCI, stratified based on the age of symptom onset. We also analyzed biomarker patterns of change among participants who remained cognitively normal, and examined potential modifiers of biomarker trajectories, including demographics and apolipoprotein E (APOE) status.

methodsAnalyses included 93 participants who progressed from normal cognition to MCI and 186 participants who remained cognitively normal, over an average follow-up period of 16.2 years. CSF biomarkers, including Aβ42, Aβ40, total tau (t-tau), and phosphorylated tau181 (p-tau181), were measured using the fully automated Lumipulse assays.

resultsAmong participants who progressed to MCI, Aβ42/Aβ40 decreased, and t-tau and p-tau181 increased. For participants who did not progress to MCI, CSF biomarkers showed relatively stable patterns. In both progressors and non-progressors, APOE4 carriers showed lower Aβ 42/Aβ40 levels (compared to non-carriers) at each point of the mean curves. Among non-progressors, APOE4 carriers had higher levels of p-tau181, p-tau181/(Aβ 42/Aβ40), and t-tau/(Aβ 42/Aβ 40). Additionally, among those who did not progress, female sex was associated with higher levels of t-tau, p-tau181, t-tau/(Aβ 42/Aβ 40), and p-tau181/(Aβ 42/Aβ 40).

conclusionsThese findings suggest that this analytic approach may provide additional insights into biomarker changes during early phases of AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionAmyloid beta-PeptidesApolipoprotein E4BiomarkersFemaleHumanstau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesApolipoprotein E4Biomarkerstau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloidAPOE genotypebiomarkerscerebrospinal fluidpreclinical ADtau

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PMID37742656
PMCPMC10793182
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