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ArticleBiomolecules2024

Serum Brevican as a Biomarker of Cerebrovascular Disease in an Elderly Cognitively Impaired Cohort.

Rachel S L Chia, Karolina Minta, Liu-Yun Wu, Kaung H T Salai, Yuek Ling Chai, Saima Hilal, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Christopher P Chen, Joyce R Chong, Mitchell K P Lai

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Article in Biomolecules, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Meprin β Modulates Brevican Proteolysis Impairing Neural Plasticity and Memory Formation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachel S L ChiaDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0006-0466-1967
Karolina MintaDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore.
Liu-Yun WuDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-6504-638X
Kaung H T SalaiDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0001-3615-0874
Yuek Ling ChaiDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore.
Saima HilalDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore.
Narayanaswamy VenketasubramanianRaffles Neuroscience Centre, Raffles Hospital, Singapore 188770, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-3593-6362
Christopher P ChenDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-1047-9225
Joyce R ChongDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore.
Mitchell K P LaiDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-7685-1424
National University of Singapore · SGRaffles Institution · SG

Funding

2017 Organellar Channels and Transporters Gordon Research ConferenceR13TR002022 · NCATS · GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES · PI ZHU, MICHAEL X · 2017 to 2017
$20k
National Medical Research Council MOH-000707-01National Medical Research Council NMRC/CG/M006/2017NUS Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme HLTRP/2022/PS-01Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine NUSMED/2021/PDF/05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the brain, the extracellular matrix (ECM) composition shapes the neuronal microenvironment and can undergo substantial changes with cerebral pathology. Brevican is integral to the formation of the ECM's neuroprotective perineuronal nets (PNNs). Decreased brevican levels were reported in vascular dementia (VaD) but not in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the status of brevican in clinical cohorts with high concomitance of AD pathological burden and cerebrovascular disease (CeVD) is unclear. In this study, 32 non-cognitively impaired (NCI), 97 cognitively impaired no dementia (CIND), 46 AD, and 23 VaD participants recruited from memory clinics based in Singapore underwent neuropsychological and neuroimaging assessments, together with measurements of serum brevican. Association analyses were performed between serum brevican and neuroimaging measures of CeVDs, including white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), lacunes, cortical infarcts, and cerebral microbleeds. Using an aggregated score for CeVD burden, only CIND participants showed lower brevican levels with higher CeVD compared to those with lower CeVD burden (

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Alzheimer DiseaseBrevicanCerebrovascular DisordersDementia, VascularAgedBiomarkersBrainHumansBiomarkersBrevicanAlzheimer’s diseasebiomarkerbrevicancerebrovascular diseasecognitive impairmentvascular dementia

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PMID38254675
PMCPMC10813026
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